 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.  Poetical Works: Biography of Milton - Page 210by John Milton - 1835Full view - About this book
 | 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...lips " of whom he pleases. To this must be added, indus" trious and select reading, steady observation, and in"' sight into all seemly and generous arts... | |
 | 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...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.'! Here we have nearly the argument and invocation of Paradise Lost; and perhaps it is not unworthy of... | |
 | 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...industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs ; till which in some measure be compast,... | |
 | 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...industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs ; till which in some measure be compast,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 470 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...industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs ; till which in some measure be compast,... | |
 | 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 of piety fortified his mind, he be.... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1854 - 580 pages
...vulgar amorist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained from the invocation of Dame Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." His poetry, too, fails in the sweet, earnest, heart-tempered declamation of Cowper. Too much of the... | |
 | 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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 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...industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs ; till which in some measure be compassed,... | |
 | 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...to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases." You will seek Divine help by prayer ; and that which made Milton great, you may confidently hope, will... | |
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