 ... to be obtained by the invocation of dame memory and her siren daughters ; but 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 Edinburgh Review - Page 1771834Full view - About this book
 | Anna Maria Hall - 818 pages
...task, he describes it as a work, " not to be obtained from the invocation of dame Memory and her Syren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterauce and knowledge — and who sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - 432 pages
...flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and...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... | |
 | 1847 - 602 pages
...the covenant of his youth, to offer ' high strains in new and lofty measures/ and his devout prayers to that Eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and who ' sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1847 - 538 pages
...ofa rbyminc parasite; nor u« be obtaJuíd by the invocation of dame Memory and her siren dun^hters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge ; and *mJ» oui his seraphim, with the hallowed fire uf hi* altar, IM touch and purify the lip« uf \\hom... | |
 | 1847 - 610 pages
...Dame Memory, and her Syren Daughters," can produce but ignoble poetry in comparison to that obtained by " devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance, and sends his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases."... | |
 | 1848 - 792 pages
...themselves for every sermon, as Milton said he must be fitted for the composition of his Divine poem, " by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, who can enrich, with all knowledge and utterance, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and... | |
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...themselves for every sermon, as Milton said he must be fitted for the composition of his Divine poem, " by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, who can enrich, with all knowledge and utterance, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and... | |
 | 1848 - 786 pages
...themselves for every sermon, as Milton said he must be fitted for the composition of his Divine poem, " by devout prayer to. that Eternal Spirit, who can enrich, with all knowledge and utterance, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and... | |
 | 1881 - 792 pages
...flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher fury of some rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and...Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and all knowledge, and sends out His seraphim with the hallowed fire of hid altar to touch and purify the... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - 544 pages
...from the pen of fome vulgar Amorift, or the trencher fury of a riming parafite, nor to be obtain'd by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternall Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and fends out his Seraphim with the... | |
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