 | John Slade (M.D.) - 1838 - 370 pages
...philosophy, which is erring; not that divine philosophy which Milton, in his Comus, calls charming— " Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose ; " But...nectar'd sweets, " Where no crude surfeit reigns." PHRENOLOGIST. While the civilized part of the world is disposed to infidelity, we need scarcely wonder... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1838 - 320 pages
...This is not the character of 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.... | |
 | William Adam - 1838 - 300 pages
...the author's excuse for digressing 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."... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1838 - 396 pages
...This is not the character of 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.... | |
 | 1840 - 540 pages
...of poetry, and throwing round them almost the magic hues of fiction. " How charming," thought I, " is divine philosophy ;" not harsh and crabbed, as..." But a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where QO crude surfeitreigus." I felt a wonderful self-complacency at being on such excellent terms with... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 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 as dull fools suppose ; But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.... | |
 | 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, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute." Ik One consequence of this was a resolution (how often made, and how... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...22. «9 divine] HOT. Sat. ii. ii. 79. ' Atque affligit humo divine particulam aurte !' Todd. 2 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 nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.... | |
 | 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, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute." And Socrates in Platof had before him spoken of philosophy as being the... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 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 as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute. He has well described the conversation and manner of his friend Leigh... | |
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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. 
