 I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation...  The English Poets: Ben Jonson to Dryden - Page 301edited by - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Richardson - Biography - 1734 - 756 pages
...from the Pen of fome Vulgar Amortft, or the Trencher-Fury of a Riming Parafite ; nor to be obtain d by the Invocation of Dame Memory, and her Siren Daughters,...who can enrich with all Utterance and Knowledge, and fends out his Seraphim with the hallow' d Fire of his Altar to Touch and Purify the Lips of whom he... | |
 | John Milton - 1763 - 670 pages
...Church government, fpeaking of his defign of writing a poem in theEnglilh language, he &ys, " It was not to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and...who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and fends out his Seraphim, with the hallow'd fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he... | |
 | William Godwin - Children - 1797 - 508 pages
...from the Pen of fome vulgar Amorifr, or the trencher fury of a riming Parafite ; nor to be obtain' d by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren Daughters,...eternal Spirit, who can enrich, with all utterance and knowledg, and fends out his Seraphim, with the hallow'd Fire of his Altar, to touch and purify the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1800 - 482 pages
...be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapour of wine — nor to be obtained by the invocation of Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer...sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his alter to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. MILTON. No species of poetry, perhaps, is more... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1804 - 480 pages
...be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapour of wine — nor to be obtained by the invocation of Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer...altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. MILTON, No species of poetry, perhaps, is more difficult of execution than the religious ; the natural... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 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 "...the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added, industrious and " select reading, steady observation, a"nd insight into all seemly and generous' "... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of...the lips of whom he pleases ; to this must be added industrious and select reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 378 pages
...like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of...the lips of whom he pleases ; to this must be added industrious and select reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly and generous .arts and... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 370 pages
...the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained Jby the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters...the lips of whom he pleases ; to this must be added industrious and select reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pages
...that, which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite; nor to be obtained by the invocation of...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases," 6 £c. We .must surely be struck with that noble and sublime spirit, which pervades these passages,... | |
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