Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases. The Life of John Milton - Page 151by Charles Symmons - 1810 - 646 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...says he, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayers to that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim,...altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added industrious and select reading,. * Stephen Marshall, Edmund Calamy, Thomas Young,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowiedge, and sends out his seraphim, with the haiiowe'd fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added industrious and select reading, * Stephen Marshall, Edmund Calamy, Thomas Young,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 570 pages
...says Milton, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to the eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim...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... | |
| Charles Caleb Colton - 1812 - 294 pages
...Seraphim with the Above their frowns and smiles, the lofty page He forms, the wonder of each future age ! hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." Johnson's whole account of Milton is a struggle and a conflict between his judgment and his prejudices;... | |
| Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1813 - 634 pages
...devout prayer to that great Being, who is the source of all utterance and knowledge ; and who sendeth out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. " When the cheerfulness " of the people," says this mighty poet, " is so sprightly up, as " that it... | |
| James Ridgway - 1813 - 470 pages
...devout prayer to that great Being, who is the source of all utterance and knowledge ; and who sendeth out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. " When the cheerfulness of " the people," says this mighty poet, " is so sprightly " up, as that it... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 572 pages
...says Milton, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to the eternal Spirit that can enrici) with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim...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... | |
| Henry Kaye Bonney - 1815 - 422 pages
...siren " daughters ; but by devout prayer to that " eternal spirit, who can enrich with all ut" terance and knowledge, and sends out his " Seraphim with the...to touch and purify the lips of whom " he pleases ; to this must be added indus" trious and select reading, steady observa" tion, insight into all seemly... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 564 pages
...says Milton, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to the eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed tire of his .altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added, industrious... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 524 pages
...dame Memory and her Siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim...altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added industrious and select reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly arts... | |
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