 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...knows not what, that may be of use and honor to his country. ' This,' sayi lie, ' is not to be obtained but by devout prayer " to that Eternal Spirit that...with all ' utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seru' phim wnh the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch ' and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...by devout prayer to 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." f Having invoked the special protection of Heaven, and by that act of piety fortified his mind, he... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 518 pages
...by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and fends out his Seraphim, with the hal.lowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleafes : to this muft be added induftrious and feleQ reading, fteady obfervation, infight into all... | |
 | John Milton, Henry John Todd - 1809 - 544 pages
...by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, \vho can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and fends out his Seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify whom hf pleafes." — Here then we fee, that Milton's invocations of the Divine fpirit were not merely... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...not 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...his altar, to touch and purify " the lips of whom he-pleases. To this must be " added, industrious and select reading, steady ob" servation, and insight... | |
 | John Black - 1810 - 460 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 and... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 472 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 and... | |
 | Charles Symmons - 1810 - 684 pages
...dame Memory and her siren daughters; but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich Avilh all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases,"" &c. We must surely be struck with that noble and sublime spirit which pervades these passages, and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...knows not what, that may be of use and honour to his country. " This," saji he, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can...and knowledge, and sends out -his Seraphim, with the halloaed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this mn't be added,... | |
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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. 
