| 1835 - 564 pages
...labour and intense study" as his portion of life, in the ardent hope that with their assistance, and " by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and send out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he... | |
| 1854 - 1112 pages
...and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs," "but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can...to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases." You will seek Divine help by prayer ; and that which made Milton great, you may confidently hope, will... | |
| Charles Symmons - 1822 - 526 pages
...parasite ; nor to be obtained-by the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devput prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with...his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases95," &c. We must surely be struck with that noble and sublime spirit which pervades these passages,... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...country. ' This,' says he, ' is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends...altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added, industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 652 pages
...country. rt This," says he, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends...altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added, industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly... | |
| James Ferguson - 1823 - 466 pages
...by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and send out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar,...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." Having invoked the special protection of Heaven, and by that act of piety fortified his mind, he began... | |
| William Godwin - 1823 - 444 pages
...from the pen of some, vulgar Amprist, or the trencher fury of a riming parasite; npr to be obtain'd by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternall Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim, with... | |
| William Godwin - 1823 - 442 pages
...Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim, with the hallow'd fire of his Altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases : to this must be added industrious and select reading, steddy observation, insight into all seemly... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 436 pages
...utterance and knowledge, and send out his seraphim with the hal* See Gent. Mag. vol. LXXI. p. 190. lowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." Having invoked the special protection of Heaven, and by that act of piety fortified his mind, he began... | |
| Philomathic institution - 1824 - 522 pages
...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 Memory...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." The work, which was thus the subject of " cheerful and confident thoughts," was to be one " of highest... | |
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