I began thus far to assent both to them and divers of my friends here at home ; and not less to an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity... The Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers - Page 86by Samuel Rogers - 1854 - 451 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1850 - 638 pages
...now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intense study, which I take to be my portion in this life, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times,...they should not willingly let it die.' — Milton on Church Government, B. u. ' can die, but so cannot their JOTS. And if the blessed martyrs ' and confessors... | |
| John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pages
...(his Italian friends,) "and divers of my friends at home, and not less to an inward prompting, which grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study,...nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimcs, as they should not willing;! v let it die." f O * Although, from the example of the Italian... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...upon rrte, that by labour and intent study, (which I take to be my portion in this life) joined to the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written, to after times, as they should not willingly let it die. These thoughts at once possessed me, and these... | |
| George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...upon ra«, that by labcrar and intent study, (which I take to be my portion in this life) joined to the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written, to after times, as they should not willingly let it die. These thoughts at once possessed me, and these... | |
| Charles Symmons - 1810 - 684 pages
...Italian intimates,) " and divers of my friends at home, and not ]css to an inward prompting, which grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study,...aftertimes as they should not willingly let it die." ' Although, from the example of the Italian poets and from the difficulty of asserting a place even... | |
| John Black - 1810 - 528 pages
...home, and not less to an inward prompting, which now grew daily upon me, that by, labour and intense study, (which I take to be my portion in this life,)...nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftevtimes, as they should not willingly let it die."t That it was the conversation, and encouragement... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...he, " I take to be my portion in this life, "joined with a strong propensity of nature," he might " leave something so written to after-times, " as they should not willingly let it die." It appears, in all his writings, that he had the usual concomitant of great abilities, a lofty and... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 472 pages
...portion in this life) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might, perhaps, leave some- ' thing so written to after-times as they should not willingly let it die. These thoughts at once possessed me, and these other, that if I were certain to write as men buy leases,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...he, " I take to be my portion in this life, joined with a strong propensity of nature," he might " leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die." It appears in all his writings that he had the usual concomitant of great abilities, a lofty and steady... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 524 pages
...daily upon me, that by labour and intent study (which I take to be my portion in this life) joined to the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave...after-times, as they should not willingly let it die. These thoughts at once possessed me, and these other ; that if I were certain to write as men buy leases,... | |
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