 Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.  Ben Jonson to Dryden - Page 305edited by - 1880Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1909 - 504 pages
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 | Samuel Johnson - 1787 - 88 pages
...in Camus: " Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould " Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment I " Sure something holy lodges in that breast, " And with...the vocal air " To testify HIS hidden residence." HENLEY. 72. —dose it IB—] Is the reading of the quarto. STEE VENS. 73. wahe Diana with a hymn;]... | |
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...harmonies. COM. Can any mortal mixture of Earth's mold Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? 345 Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with...raptures moves the vocal Air To testify his hidden residencei How sweetly did they flote upon the wings Of Silence, through the empty vaulted Night, At... | |
 | John Bell - 1791 - 294 pages
...thou be translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to all Acav'n's harmonies. Comus aside. ~\ Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such...breast, " And with these raptures moves the vocal air goo " To testify his hidden residence : " How sweetly did they float upon the wings " Of silence through... | |
 | 1797 - 468 pages
...thou be translated to the skies, Andgi-ve resounding grace to all heav'n's harmonies. Comus aside.] Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such...breast, " And with these raptures moves the vocal air 303 " To testify his hidden residence : " How sweetly did they float upon the wings " Of silence through... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - 148 pages
...be translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to all heaven's harmonies. Enter COMUS. Com. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such...fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness, till it smil'd! I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Amidst the flow'ry-kirtled Naiads,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 456 pages
...tke heavenly tune, which none can ke-ar " Of human mould, with groii unpurged ear" Malone. Thus, in Comus" Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould " Breathe...with these raptures moves the vocal air " To testify Hts hidden residence." Henley. The old reading in immortal souls is certainly right, and the whole... | |
 | E H. Seymour - 1805 - 504 pages
...shou'd this music be ? i'the air, or the earth ? Milton seems to have been thinking of this passage in Comus. " Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould "...ravishment ? " Sure something holy lodges in that breast," &c. ACT II. SCENE I. 57. " You have taken it wiselier than I meant'' An adverb declined into the comparative... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 460 pages
...the heavenly tune, which none can hear " Of human mould, with gross unpurged ear." Maloue~ Thus, in Comus: " Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould "...the vocal air " To testify HIS hidden residence." Henley. The old reading in immortal souls is certainly right, and the whole line maybe well explained... | |
 | 1806 - 708 pages
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