 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1838 - 594 pages
...Church of England, which he professed and we believe sincerely venerated, and which is truly — ' a divine philosophy, Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose, . , But musical as is Apollo's lyre, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets !' THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. ART. I. — I. Horatius Restitutus... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1839 - 374 pages
...none so permanent as the pleasures of the understanding. See Bacon's observations in note, ante 153. How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed...Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, i Where no crude surfeit reigns. COMUS. Hume, in his Life, says, " My family, however, was not rich,... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1839 - 216 pages
...which God had enwrapped it fall off beneath the touch of vice. The second brother then exclains, " How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed,...fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute." And Socrates in Platof had before him spoken of philosophy as being the noblest music 'Qs The spirit, in... | |
 | David Mushet - Animal welfare - 1839 - 350 pages
...for an academic chair, and tutelage of youth, who revel in such ingenious subleties. This is indeed philosophy, " Not harsh, and crabbed, as dull fools...musical, as is Apollo's lute, And. a perpetual feast of nectared sweets.' But man is an amazing creature ! redolent of fine and subtle contrivances ! There... | |
 | David Mushet - Animal welfare - 1839 - 358 pages
...chair, and tutelage of youth, who revel in such ingenious subleties. This is indeed philosophy, 11 Not harsh, and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But...musical, as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets.' But man is an amazing creature! redolent of fine and subtle contrivances! There is... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1839 - 1084 pages
...solitude, particularly in youth, if youth will submit to it ; and then it is that even youth can discover " How charming is divine philosophy, Not harsh and crabbed,...dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute." Ik One consequence of this was a resolution (how often made, and how often broken, by many besides... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 pages
...his eloquent words flowed as rapidly as his thoughts, and he gave his hearers good reason to exclaim, How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and...dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute. He has well described the conversation and manner of his friend Leigh Hunt. " Hunt has a fine vinous... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 376 pages
...bis eloquent words flowed as rapidly as his thoughts, and he gave his hearers good reason to exclaim, How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed...dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute. He has well described the conversation and manner of his friend Leigh Hunt. " Hunt has a fine vinous... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 352 pages
...his eloquent words flowed as rapidly as his thoughts, and he gave his hearers good reason to exclaim, How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed...dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute. He has well described the conversation and manner of his friend Leigh Hunt. " Hunt has a fine vinous... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...that it lov'd, And link'd itself by carnal sensuality To a degenerate and degraded state. Sec. Br. 4 sweota, Where no crude surfeit reigns. EL Br. List, list; I hear Some far-off halloo break the silent... | |
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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 nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. 
