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Poetical Works: Biography of Milton - Page 210
by John Milton - 1835
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The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine: (now Lord Erskine), when ..., Volume 2

Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1810 - 470 pages
...devout prayer to that great Being, who is the source of all utterance and know^ ledge; and who sendeth out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lip* of whom he pleases. " When the cheerfulness of " the people," says this mighty poet, " is so sprightly...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...country. " This," 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...this must be added industrious and select reading,. * Stephen Marshall, Edmund Calamy, Thomas Young, Matthew Newcomen, William Spurstow. R. steady observation,...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 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...this must be added industrious and select reading, * Stephen Marshall, Edmund Calamy, Thomas Young, Matthew Newcomer), William Spuislow. I{. steady observation,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 22

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 570 pages
...country. " This," 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...industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs ; till which in some measure be compast,...
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Hypocrisy: A Satire, in Three Books. Book the First

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;...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 546 pages
...trencher-fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her syren daughters; but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit,...and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must b« added industrious and select reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly arts and affairs...
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The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine: (now Lord Erskine), when ..., Volume 1

Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 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...
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The Speeches of the Hon. T. Erskine (now Lord Erskine): When at ..., Volume 2

James Ridgway - Freedom of the press - 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...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 22

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 572 pages
...This," 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...industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs; till which in some measure be compast, I...
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The Life of the Right Reverend Father in God, Jeremy Taylor ...

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...lips of whom " he pleases ; to this must be added indus" trious and select reading, steady observa" tion, insight into all seemly and generous " arts...
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