 | 1828 - 592 էջ
...daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowlege, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.' — Vol. ip 122. He then closes with a passage, showing from what principles he forsook these delightful... | |
 | Dublin. Eustace Street Congregation (Presbyterian). - 1829 - 112 էջ
...aspirations of a heart imbued by the Spirit of prayer. You will, therefore, commence your pious labours "by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases."* In imitation of the blessed Saviour, who * Milton. " spake as never man spake" — who taught as never... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1829 - 738 էջ
...planning it were these : ' This is not to bfe attained but by devout prayer to the Eternal Spirit, that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends...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 all seemfy... | |
 | Robert Smith - 1829 - 432 էջ
...trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit,...enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends " But because the spirit of man cannot demean itself lively in this body, without some recreating intermission... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1830 - 622 էջ
...trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit,...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 delightful... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1830 - 630 էջ
...trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit,...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 delightful... | |
 | 1927 - 954 էջ
...Church Government, where it was said that a masterpiece was ' not to be obtained by the invocation of memory and her syren daughters, but by devout prayer...to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.' In Blake's eyes Reynolds committed the unforgivable sin of taking memory rather than inspiration as... | |
 | William Blake - 1893 - 456 էջ
...liead of Discourse III.) Blake : Awork of genius is awork "not to be obtained by the invocation of memory, and her syren daughters, but by devout prayer...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." — Milton. The following discourse is particularly interesting to blockheads, as it endeavours to... | |
 | John Broadbent - 1973 - 364 էջ
...trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit...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 seemly and... | |
 | Diane Kelsey McColley - 1993 - 336 էջ
...work is guided by ''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," and whose assistance is obtained only by "devout prayer."55 If we do not respect the possibility that... | |
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Memory and her siren daughters ; but 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. 
