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" I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite... "
The North American Review - Page 272
edited by - 1854
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 3

Theology - 1826 - 548 pages
...great poetical work, ' a work,' he says, ' Not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame...
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Some Account of the Life and Writings of John Milton: Derived ..., Volume 6

Henry John Todd - Poets, English - 1826 - 460 pages
...some few years yet I may go on trust with him toward the payment of what I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Volume 1

John Milton - 1826 - 484 pages
...some few years yet I may go on trust with him towards the payment of what I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine; like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher...
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The Christian examiner and Church of Ireland magazine

1826 - 518 pages
...heat of youth, nor the vapours of wine, like that which flows from the pen of some vulgar Amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming Parasite : nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her syren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit,...
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Specimens of sacred and serious poetry, from Chaucer to the present day ...

John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...A work," to use his own eloquent language, " not to be raised from the heat of youth or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame...
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American Tracts

United States - 1827 - 634 pages
...great poetical work ; ' a work," he says, ' Not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the * From the Introduction...
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Remarks on the Character and Writings of John Milton: Occasioned by the ...

William Ellery Channing - 1828 - 128 pages
...then gives intimations of his having proposed to himself a great poetical work,' a work,' he says— 'Not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapors...that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame...
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Remarks on the Character and Writings of John Milton: Occasioned by the ...

William Ellery Channing - Christian literature, English - 1828 - 60 pages
...great poetical work ; ' a work,' he says, ' Not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the * From the Introduction...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 29

Great Britain - 1828 - 562 pages
...great poetical work j « a work/ he says, ' Not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame...
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The Friend, Volume 1

Robert Smith - Society of Friends - 1829 - 432 pages
...of what I am now indebted, as being a work not- to he raised from the heat of youth, or thevapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen...trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit,...
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