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" I am now indented ; as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation... "
Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ... - Page 199
by George Walker - 1825 - 615 pages
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 3

1826 - 548 pages
...then gives intimations of his having proposed to himself a great poetical work, ' a work,' he says, ' Not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours...that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame...
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The Christian examiner and Church of Ireland magazine

1826 - 518 pages
...heat of youth, nor the vapours of wine, like that which flows from the pen of some vulgar Amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming Parasite : nor to...obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her syren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance, and...
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American Tracts

1827 - 634 pages
...then gives intimations of his having proposed to himself a great poetical work ; ' a work," he says, ' Not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours...that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the * From the Introduction...
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Specimens of sacred and serious poetry, from Chaucer to the present day ...

John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...such a work as after times would not willingly let die. " A work," to use his own eloquent language, " not to be raised from the heat of youth or the vapours...that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 29

1828 - 562 pages
...then gives intimations of his having proposed to himself a great poetical work j « a work/ he says, ' Not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours...that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame...
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Remarks on the Character and Writings of John Milton: Occasioned by the ...

William Ellery Channing - 1828 - 60 pages
...then gives intimations of his having proposed to himself a great poetical work ; ' a work,' he says, ' Not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours...that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the * From the Introduction...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 29

1828 - 592 pages
...then gives intimations of his having proposed to himself a great poetical work j ' a work,' he says, 'Not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which Hows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite; nor...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 148

1830 - 716 pages
...towards payment of what I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heal of yomh, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a riming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 16-17

1840 - 534 pages
...Government," speaking of his design of writing a poem in the English language, he says ; " It was not to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and...that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance arid knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim, with hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the...
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The American Quarterly Observer, Volume 1

Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 pages
...long before it was composed, " as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapors of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen...obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her syren daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and...
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