...amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Danae Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer...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....

...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...lips " of whom he pleases. To this must be added, indus" trious and select reading, steady observation, and in"' sight into all seemly and generous arts...

...they were rugged and difficult indeed.'* He then proceeds to say, that this thing can only be done ' by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.'! Here we have nearly the argument and invocation of Paradise Lost; and perhaps it is not unworthy of...

...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 sends...the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added, industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and...

...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 sends...the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added industrious and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and...

...by devout prayer to 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 mind, he be....

...the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained from the invocation of Dame Memory and her siren daughters...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." His poetry, too, fails in the sweet, earnest, heart-tempered declamation of Cowper. Too much of the...

..." 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 lips of whom he pleases," he might " perhaps leave something so written to after times, as they should not willingly let die."...

...and select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs," "but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can...to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases." You will seek Divine help by prayer ; and that which made Milton great, you may confidently hope, will...

...parasite ; nor to be obtained-by the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devput prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with...his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases95," &c. We must surely be struck with that noble and sublime spirit which pervades these passages,...