 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.  Comus: A Mask - Page 39by John Milton - 1858 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Smith Barton - Science - 1812 - 390 pages
...greatest of the English poets uses the word " nectared." " 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." MILTON. a. THE nectary assumes a variety of forms,... | |
 | Benjamin Smith Barton - Science - 1812 - 392 pages
...greatest of the English poets uses the word " nectared." " How charming is divine philosophy ! " Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, " But musical as is Apollo's lute, " And a perpetual feast -qf nectar' d sweets, " Where no crude surfeit reigns." MILTON. a. THE nectary assumes a variety of... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...sensuality To a degem- rate and degradfd state. 4# Sec. Br. 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. £/. llr. List. list; I hear 450 Some far off halloo... | |
 | 1815 - 628 pages
...possessed, lie justified the description of the poet, \. > - " How charming is divine philosophy ! " Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, "But musical as is Apollo's lute!'' '. Those who object to this union of grace and beauty with reason, are in fact weak sighted people,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Bible - 1816 - 482 pages
...spirit, the Second Brother in Comus (476— 480) exclaims, ' 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.' The honour of Milton's early institution belongs to... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...To a degenerate and degraded state. §7. Philosophy. MILTON. 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 ! § 8. True Literty. MILTON. • 1 TRUE Liberty . I«... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...it lov'd, And link'd itself by carnal sensuality Sec. JBv. 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. El. Br. List, list ; I hear Some far-off halloo break... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1819 - 484 pages
...possessed. He justified the description of the poet, — " How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute !" Those who object to this union of grace and beauty with reason, are in fact weak-sighted people,... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...necessaires et qu'ils n'ont pu s'empêcher de contracter. " How charming is divine Philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull 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... | |
 | William Wilberforce - 1821 - 316 pages
...Examlne^ avtc soln les Écritures 1.... JEAN, r. 39 How charming is DIVINE FHILOSOPHY ! Not barsb, and crabbed, as dull Fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute , And a perpetual feast of nectar' d sweets, Wheie 110 crude.surfeit reigns. MILTOH. A MONTAUBAN, PE L'IMPRIMERIE DE PHILIPPE... | |
| |
