 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.  The Eclectic Review - Page 220edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Smith (of Liverpool.) - Arithmetic - 1835 - 180 pages
...THE DISTRIBUTION, AND THE ARRANGEMENT QUANTITIES, LINEAR, SUPERFICIAL, AND SOLID. BY THOMAS SMITH. Not harsh, and crabbed, as dull fools suppose; But musical as is Apollo's,! ute. MILTON. LONDON: LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMAN, PATERNOSTER ROW. MDCCCXXXV. .... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 1000 pages
...mind first became directed to the prosecution of philosophical inquiry, — to him, at least — " Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute." After having diligently studied the works of some of the most eminent metaphysicians, the youthful... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Authors, English - 1836 - 538 pages
...mind first became directed to the prosecution of philosophical inquiry, — to him, at least — " Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute." After having diligently studied the works of some of the most eminent metaphysicians, the youthful... | |
 | sir William Cusack Smith (2nd bart.) - 1836 - 182 pages
...of Religion winning to gaiety and youth. What has Milton said ? How charming is divine philosophy I 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.* Less than he has said of... | |
 | William Kitchiner - Cooking, English - 1836 - 432 pages
...noxious; — and that every thing that is Nasty is wholesome. " 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 swcets, Where no crude surfeit reigns." — MILTON. Worthy William... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...carnal sensuality To a degenerate and degraded state. See. Br. 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. El. Br. List, list ; I hear... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 526 pages
...mind first became directed to the prosecution of philosophical inquiry, — to him, at least — " Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute." After having diligently studied the works of some of the most eminent metaphysicians, the youthful... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Fore-edged painting - 1837 - 382 pages
...bitter bad judges in matters of philosophy, but with John Milton, " 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." In the main, ignorance... | |
 | William Adam - 1838 - 300 pages
...so largely under the shade of this " fine classic tree" : — " 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." Before quitting its ample... | |
 | Andrew Becket - Great Britain - 1838 - 320 pages
...philosophy. But hear, in answer, the most sublime among our poets — 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. Levic. Well, well ; I will... | |
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