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
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 370 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... | |
| John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 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...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases," 6 £c. We .must surely be struck with that noble and sublime spirit, which pervades these passages,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 336 pages
..." is not to be obtained but by devout '< prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can eprich VOL. X. Y " with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out "..." to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. " To this must rjp added, industrious and select " reading, steady observation, and insight into all... | |
| English literature - 1806 - 576 pages
...not to be obtained but by. devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, that can enrich with all •iterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the...altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added industrious anrl select reading, steady observation and insight into-all seemly... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 350 pages
...vol. LXXI. p. 190. " 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 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... | |
| John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 440 pages
...Book II. urged agamft Prelafy. > 123 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 observation infight into all... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 436 pages
...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 net of piety fortified his... | |
| John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 446 pages
...to that eternal Spirit, who 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, fleady obfervation, infight into all... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 550 pages
...who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge and fend' •' out his Seraphim, with the hallow'djre of his altar, to touch " and purify the lips of whom he pleafes." Ver 22. Oh fpring to light, aufpicious babe ! be born. This feems a palpable imitation of... | |
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