| William Hazlitt - 1826 - 464 lehte
...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...of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. He was emphatically called the Dinner-Bell. They went out by shoals when he began to speak. They coughed... | |
| 1826 - 638 lehte
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| Henry Dilworth Gilpin - 1827 - 342 lehte
...; 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...of nectar'd sweets Where no crude surfeit reigns. Such was the philosophy of Xenophon, now listening to the lessons of his divine master ; now toiling... | |
| 1829 - 566 lehte
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| 1820 - 398 lehte
...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 lehte
...assured him the meanr j ,( 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... | |
| 1828 - 844 lehte
...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, is where,... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 352 lehte
...the nauseous memory of imperfect pleasures, idle dreams, and occasional amusements.—Steele. MLXXI. How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed,...of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. Mitton. MLXXII. What can an Actor give ? in ev'ry age Cash hath been rudely banish'd from the stage;... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 lehte
...nauseous memory of imperfect pleasures, idle dreams, and occasional amusements. — Steele. MLXXI. How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed,...of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. Milton. MLXXII. What can an Actor give ? in ev'ry age Cash hath been rudely banish'd from the stage... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 438 lehte
...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... | |
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