 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.  Paradise Lost - Page 38by John Milton - 1896 - 210 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 pages
...who can enrich with all utterance " and knowledge, and fends out his Seraphim, with the " hallova'd fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips " of whom he pleafes." Ver. 14. And in foft filence fhed the kindly fhow'r. Dryden's Don Sebaftian : TSutJhed from... | |
 | William Godwin - Children - 1797 - 508 pages
...Spirit, who can enrich, with all utterance and knowledg, and fends out his Seraphim, with the hallow'd Fire of his Altar, to touch and purify the Lips of whom he pleafes : to this tnuft be added induftrious and felect Reading, ftcddy QbfervaEflayXII. §. 3. Miltovand... | |
 | William Hayley - 1799 - 376 pages
...devout prayer " to that eternal fpirit , who can enrich with all " utterance and knowledge , and fends out his " Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to " touch and purify the lips of whom he pleafes; " to this mufl be added induflrious and felecl " reading , fteady obfervation , infight into... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...devout prayer to that " Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance " and knowledge, and fends out his Seraphim, with " the hallowed fire of his...altar, to touch and purify •" the lips of whom he pleafes. To this muft be " added, induftrious and felect reading, fteady ob" fervation, and infight... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 pages
...that Eternal Spirit " that can enrich with all utterance and " knowledge, and fend out his feraphim " with the hallowed fire of his altar, to " touch and purify the lips of whom he 'f pleafes." Having invoked the fpecial protection of Heaven, and by that a6t of piety fortified his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 422 pages
...that Eternal Spirit " that can enrich with all utterance and " knowledge, and fend out his feraphim " with the hallowed fire of his altar, to " touch and purify the lips of whom he " pleafes." • Having invoked the fpecial protection of Heaven, and by that act of piety fortified... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...what, that may be of use and honour to his country. " This," says he, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to " that Eternal Spirit that can enrich...to touch and " purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added, industrious and " select reading, steady observation, a"nd insight into all... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1804 - 480 pages
...the invocation of Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends...altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. MILTON, No species of poetry, perhaps, is more difficult of execution than the religious ; the natural... | |
 | Hannah Adams - Apologetics - 1804 - 398 pages
...to that Eternal Spirit, that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and fends out his feraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleafes. To this muft be added, induftrious and felect reading, fteady obfervation, and infight into... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal spirit, who 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, insight into all seemly... | |
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