 | Trials - 1817 - 650 pages
...devout prayer to that great Being, who is the source of all utterance and knowledge; and who sendeth out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. — " When the cheerfulness of the people," says this mighty poet,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 354 pages
...trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Danae Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal spirit,...with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases : to this must be added industrious and select reading, steady observation,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pages
...country. "This," says he, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to " that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance " and knowledge, and...with the " hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips " of whom he pleases. To this must be added, indus" trious and select reading, steady... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...they were rugged and difficult indeed.'* He then proceeds to say, that this thing can only be done ' by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich...seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.'! Here we have nearly the argument and invocation of Paradise Lost;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 476 pages
...country. " This," says he, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends...with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added, industrious and select reading, steady observation,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 466 pages
...country. " This," says he, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends...with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added industrious and select reading, steady observation,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 368 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." Having invoked the special protection of Heaven, and by that act... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1854 - 580 pages
...trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained from the invocation of Dame Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit,...Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." His poetry, too, fails in the sweet, earnest, heart-tempered declamation... | |
 | English literature - 1835 - 564 pages
...labour and intense study" as his portion of life, in the ardent hope that with their assistance, and " by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who 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... | |
 | 1854 - 1112 pages
...and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs," "but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can...with the hallowed fire of His altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases." You will seek Divine help by prayer ; and that which made Milton... | |
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Memory and her syren 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... 
