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. El. Br. List, list ; I hear Some far-off halloo break the silent air. Sec. Br. Methought so too ; what... The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 521by John Milton - 1842 - 767 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sharon Turner - Creation - 1835 - 462 pages
...treasures we possess ; * The lines of Milton are familiar to us: How charming is DIVINE PHILOSOPHY ! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical, as is Apollo's lute: Where no crude surfeit reigns." CoKua. And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, t Night Thoughts,... | |
| Thomas Smith (of Liverpool.) - Arithmetic - 1835 - 172 pages
...DISTRIBUTION, AND THE ARRANGEMENT QUANTITIES, LINEAR, SUPERFICIAL, AND SOLID. BY THOMAS SMITH. Not harsh, and crabbed, as dull fools suppose ; But musical as is Apollo's lute. LONDON: MILTON. LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMAN, PATERNOSTER ROW. MDCCCXXXV. 2. LIVERPOOL... | |
| Education - 1835 - 496 pages
...EDUCATIONAL MAGAZINE. THE EDUCATIONAL MAGAZINE. OCTOBER, 1835. THE PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING. No. 2. Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute."—MILTON. " Divine Philosophy, CORRECT principles of the science of Education cannot be obtained... | |
| sir William Cusack Smith (2nd bart.) - 1836 - 182 pages
...Religion winning to gaiety and youth. What has Milton said ? How charming is divine philosophy I Not harsh, and crabbed, as dull fools suppose; But musical...of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.* Less than he has said of Philosophy, I would not, nor would he, say of Religion. But let us remember,... | |
| English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical us U Açollo's lute ; And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. El. Br. List,...; I hear Some far-off halloo break the silent air. SK. B. Mcthought so too; what should it bel El. B. For certnin Either some one like us night-founder'd... | |
| John Milton - 1836 - 454 pages
...described the delight derivable from the study of philosophy : " 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 nectared sweets Where no crude surfeit reigns." ( B ) Nowhere has the material frame-work of Milton's... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1836 - 1000 pages
...mind first became directed to the prosecution of philosophical inquiry,—to him, at least— " Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute." After having diligently studied the works of some of the most eminent metaphysicians, the youthful... | |
| Fiction - 1837 - 94 pages
...disagreeable, and none but the Christian knows what real happiness is. " How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical...of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns." MILTON. You are young, and think that death is far from you. Do the young never die ? and how would... | |
| Basil Montagu - Fore-edged painting - 1837 - 400 pages
...bad judges in matters of philosophy, but with John Milton, " How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical...of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns." In the main, ignorance is never bliss, for knowledge is only understanding the properties of creatures,... | |
| Joseph Jones - Devotional literature - 1837 - 362 pages
...^cni I JerfJ ,!UOB ^rn ylhuq mob! CHARACTER OF RELIGION. " 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 nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns."—Milton. I .d'. " Christianity wears an enchanting... | |
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