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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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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 370 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 Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 482 pages
...obtained but by devout prayer to that " Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance " and knowledge, and fends out his Seraphim, with ** the hallowed fire...pleafes. To this muft be ** added, induftrious and felect reading, fteady ob** fervation, and infight into all feemly and gene" rous arts and affairs...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 446 pages
...to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and fends out his feraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and...he pleafes : to this muft be added induftrious and felect reading, fleady obfervation, infight into all feemly and generous arts and affairs ; till which...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 440 pages
...Book II. urged agamft Prelafy. > 123 with all utterance and knowledge, and fends out his feraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and...he pleafes : to this muft be added induftrious and felect reading, fteady observation infight into all feemly and generous arts and affairs ; till which...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pages
...prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can eprich VOL. X. Y " 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 rjp added, industrious and select " reading, steady observation, and insight...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 pages
...vol. LXXI. p. 190. " that Eternal Spirit that 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 " pleases." Having invoked the special protection of Heaven, and by that act of piety fortified his...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

1806 - 576 pages
...devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, that can enrich with all •iterance 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 anrl select reading, steady observation and insight into-all...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7

John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 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," 6 £c. We .must surely be struck with that noble and sublime spirit, which pervades these...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 436 pages
...Eternal Spirit *' that can enrich with all utterance and " knowledge, and fend out his feraphim. " with the hallowed fire of his altar, to *' touch and purify the lips of whom he *' pleafes." Having invoked the fpecial protection of Heaven, and by that net of piety fortified his mind, he began...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Memoirs of the life and writings of Pope ...

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 550 pages
...who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge and fend' •' out his Seraphim, with the hallow'djre of his altar, to touch " and purify the lips of whom he pleafes." Ver 22. Oh fpring to light, aufpicious babe ! be born. This feems a palpable imitation of CaKmacbus,...
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