 | Precept - Great Britain - 1825 - 302 pages
...truly delightful, that we might exclaim, in his own words — How charming is divine Philosophy ! Nor harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets. — There is in it nothing more remarkable than the fact... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...carnal sensuality To a degenerate and degraded state. SECOND BROTHER. 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 nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. ELDER BROTHER. List, list,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Rationalism - 1826 - 462 pages
...would rather " hear a cat mew or an axle-tree grate," than hear a man talk philosophy by the hour — Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. He was emphatically called... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1826 - 464 pages
...would rather " hear a cat mew or an axle-tree grate," than hear a man talk philosophy by the hour — Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. He was emphatically called... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Aesthetics - 1826 - 458 pages
...would rather " hear a cat mew or an axle-tree grate," than hear a man talk philosophy by the hour — Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. He was emphatically called... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 530 pages
...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... | |
 | Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Art - 1827 - 342 pages
...and deserts us not in death, ever at hand to protect and to bless. So charming is divine Philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets Where no crude surfeit reigns. Such was the philosophy of... | |
 | Books - 1820 - 398 pages
...infirmite's ne'cessaires et qu'ils n'ont pu s'empe'cher de contracter." " How charming is divine Philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull 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 pages
...improving, if it be possible, the wonderful talent*. POPULAR SCIENCE. ' How charming is divine philosophy, Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Appollo's lute.' .Vi7/o/i'j Paradise Regained. I.— ANIMATED NATURE. 1. ANIMAL MECHANICS. Singular... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...pleasures, idle dreams, and occasional amusements.—Steele. MLXXI. 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 nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. Mitton. MLXXII. What can an... | |
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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 nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. 
