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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ... - Page 17
by Samuel Johnson - 1779
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The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 pages
...by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit that can eurich 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. To this must be added, industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into...
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Some Account of the Life and Writings of John Milton: Derived ..., Volume 6

Henry John Todd - 1826 - 460 pages
...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 : to this must be added industrious and select reading, steady observation, insight into all...
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The Christian Remembrancer, Volume 8

William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley - 1826 - 806 pages
...to that Being " who is the source of all utterauce and knowledge, who sendeih the seraphim with tbe hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases," he desired that this high dignity, if not already disposed of, should be entrusted to him....
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Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits: Addressed to a Student in the ...

Samuel Miller - 1827 - 436 pages
...by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that 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." Did the poet speak thus of his work ? And shall the divine, or the candidate for the sacred...
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American Tracts

1827 - 634 pages
...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.' — Vol. I. p. 122. He then closes with a passage, showing from what principles he forsook...
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Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits: Addressed to a Student in the ...

Samuel Miller - 1827 - 490 pages
...by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that 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." Did the poet speak thus of his work ? And shall the divine, or the candidate for the sacred...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary, Volume 11

1827 - 504 pages
...without private prayer to that Being, " who is the source of all utterance and knowledge, who sendeth the seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases," he desired that this high dignity, if not already disposed of, should be entrusted to him....
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 11

1827 - 540 pages
...without private prayer to that Being, " who is the source of all utterance and knowledge, who sendeth the seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases," he desired that this high dignity, if not already disposed of, should be entrusted to him....
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Remarks on the Character and Writings of John Milton: Occasioned by the ...

William Ellery Channing - 1828 - 60 pages
...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.' — Vol. I. p. 122. He then closes with a passage, showing from what principles he forsook...
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Remarks on the Character and Writings of John Milton: Occasioned by the ...

William Ellery Channing - 1828 - 128 pages
...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.' Vol. I. p. 148. He then closes with a passage, showing from what principles he forsook these...
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