 | William Grisenthwaite - Genius - 1830 - 104 pages
...progress, however, we may exclaim of Philosophy in general, as the Poet with perfect truth, exclaimed " 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."... | |
 | 1830 - 854 pages
...and in vindication of the sacredness and sublimity of its character, we are ready to exclaim — " How charming is Divine philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lyre." But I observe, thirdly, as exhibiting the obligations of genius more... | |
 | 1830 - 582 pages
...philosophy, hut in vain ; she reads the Bible, and scarcely any thing else, and lives to adorn its doctrines. How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, Perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reign». "... | |
 | 1831 - 550 pages
...philosophy, the very reverse of that so justly, as well as beautifully described in Milton's Comus. " How charming is divine philosophy — Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute And a perpetual round of nectared sweets." ART. II. — 1. An Essay on... | |
 | William Hamilton Drummond - Trinity - 1831 - 198 pages
...nor the ßtÇta of Greg. Naz. but that which is cultivated by such minds as Newton's and Milton's. 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.... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - American literature - 1831 - 570 pages
...Bunker's Hill, can tell, How well they fought, how gloriously they fell. Z. THE LIMPING PHILOSOPHER. 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.... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1831 - 342 pages
...mind, contemplation will be of service — if of the nerves, a ride will be equally beneficial." " ' How charming is divine philosophy'! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose,' " replied Mr. Spenser. " You are improving," returned Lady Mandeville. " I dare-say by the time your... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1831 - 348 pages
...the mind, contemplation will be of service—if of the nerves, a ride will be equally beneficial." "' How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose,'" replied Mr. Spenser. " You are improving," returned Lady Mandeville. " I dare-say by the time your... | |
 | William Phelan - 1832 - 454 pages
...he turned with ever-new delight. On such occasions, he used, with our Platonic Bard, to exclaim, ' 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.'... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...that it lov'd, And link'd itself by carnal sensuality To a degenerate and degraded state. 475 2 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.... | |
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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. 
