How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. Self Culture - Seite 1101899Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Henry Dilworth Gilpin - 1827 - 342 Seiten
...; it is with us through life and deserts us not in death, ever at hand to protect and to bless. So charming is divine Philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed...musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets Where no crude surfeit reigns. Such was the philosophy of Xenophon, now listening to... | |
| 1827 - 530 Seiten
...study of Political Economy, important as we have shown it to be to the well-being of mankind, is " Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute." As an instance of the interest which may be communicated to topics of this kind, by a dexterous method... | |
| 1820 - 398 Seiten
...c'est leur reprocher des infirmite's ne'cessaires et qu'ils n'ont pu s'empe'cher de contracter." " How charming is divine Philosophy ! Not harsh and...fools suppose ; But musical as is Apollo's lute." That this author is a friend to the best interests of humanity, we have no hesitation in saying ; and... | |
| 1828 - 268 Seiten
...ordinary men to eyes that bad beheld the mighty presence of the Last of the Giants ? POPULAR SCIENCE. ' How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as ifi Apollo's lute.' Milton's Pandlte Regained. \. ANIMATED NATURE. ' And God said, let them have dominion... | |
| 1828 - 844 Seiten
...ourselves and all surrounding us. Truly has the poet said of philosophy, that it is— Not harsh nor crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute ; And a perpetual feast of nectar'd streets. Where no rude surfeits reign. " The most complicated state in which matter exists,... | |
| 846 Seiten
...surrounding us. Truly has the poet said of philosophy, that it is — Not harsh nor crabbed as doll fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute ; And a perpetual feast of nectar'd juveets. Where no rude surfeits reign. I have recently met with a work of Dr. Arnott's, which... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 352 Seiten
...the nauseous memory of imperfect pleasures, idle dreams, and occasional amusements.—Steele. MLXXI. How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed,...musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. Mitton. MLXXII. What can an Actor give ? in ev'ry age... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 438 Seiten
...nectarine, synonymous, as an adjective, with nectared ; and, as a substantive, a fruit of the plum kind. How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and...musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of ncctartd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. Hilton. To their supper-fruits they fell ; Kcctarint... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 Seiten
...nauseous memory of imperfect pleasures, idle dreams, and occasional amusements. — Steele. MLXXI. How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed,...musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. Milton. MLXXII. What can an Actor give ? in ev'ry age... | |
| 1829 - 624 Seiten
...listen to the cheering voice of that philosophy, which is not harsh-and crabbed, as religion is. " But musical as is Apollo's lute. And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets ; Where no erode surfeit reigns/' Philosophy does not require us to adopt into our minds any supernatural or unnatural... | |
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