 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pages
...subject is forcibly corrected by our great, and learned, and philo. sophical Poet — How charmingf is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull...fools suppose, But musical as is' Apollo's lute, And a perpetnal feast of nectar'd sweet, Where no crude surfeit reigns. Milton's Comus. Men of Phlegm. These... | |
 | Author of Art of improving the voice - Hair - 1825 - 280 pages
...and rugged parts of the road as smooth and level as we can, and cause you to exclaim with Milton — How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and...dull fools suppose ; But musical as is Apollo's lute. COMUS. I.— ANATOMY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE HAIR. As it is impossible to understand the nature and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Rationalism - 1826 - 462 pages
...would rather " hear a cat mew or an axle-tree grate," than hear a man talk philosophy by the hour — Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But...of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. He was emphatically called the Dinner-Bell. They went out by shoals when he began to speak. They coughed... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 464 pages
...would rather " hear a cat mew or an axle-tree grate," than hear a man talk philosophy by the hour — Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But...of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. He was emphatically called the Dinner-Bell. They went out by shoals when he began to speak. They coughed... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Aesthetics - 1826 - 458 pages
...would rather " hear a cat mew or an axle-tree grate," than hear a man talk philosophy by the hour — Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But...of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. He was emphatically called the Dinner-Bell. They went out by shoals when he began to speak. They coughed... | |
 | Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Art - 1827 - 342 pages
...; it is with us through life and deserts us not in death, ever at hand to protect and to bless. So charming is divine Philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed...of nectar'd sweets Where no crude surfeit reigns. Such was the philosophy of Xenophon, now listening to the lessons of his divine master ; now toiling... | |
 | 1828 - 268 pages
...acquainted with the situation of Constaninople and the state of its fortifications.' POPULAR SCIENCE. ' How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and...dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute.' Hilton's Paradise Regained. 1. ANIMAL MECHANICS. Ears of Song-Birdi. — It is mentioned in the ' Miscellanea... | |
 | Books - 1820 - 398 pages
...c'est leur reprocher des infirmite's ne'cessaires et qu'ils n'ont pu s'empe'cher de contracter." " How charming is divine Philosophy ! Not harsh and...fools suppose ; But musical as is Apollo's lute." That this author is a friend to the best interests of humanity, we have no hesitation in saying ; and... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...the nauseous memory of imperfect pleasures, idle dreams, and occasional amusements.—Steele. MLXXI. How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed,...of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. Mitton. MLXXII. What can an Actor give ? in ev'ry age Cash hath been rudely banish'd from the stage;... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...nauseous memory of imperfect pleasures, idle dreams, and occasional amusements. — Steele. MLXXI. How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed,...of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. Milton. MLXXII. What can an Actor give ? in ev'ry age Cash hath been rudely banish'd from the stage... | |
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How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. 
