 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...  Poems - Page 106by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 486 pages
...he, " I take to be my portion in this life, "joined with a strong propensity of nature," he qiight " 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 Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 338 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),...after-times as they should not willingly let it die. The accomplishment of these intentions, which have lived within me ever since I could conceive myself... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1819 - 110 pages
...when, hearing of the troubles in England, he thought it proper to hasten home. NOTE k. Page 26, line 1. And Milton's self I began thus far to assent ... to...nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after times, as they should not willingly let it die. MILTON. NOTE 1. Page 29, line 1. —'twas at... | |
 | John Milton - Freedom of the press - 1819 - 484 pages
...assent both to " them and divers of my friends here at " home ; and not less to an inward prompt" ing which now grew daily upon me, that " by labour and...to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it i "die*." Sufficient has been said in these preceding remarks to satisfy all who read them, that in... | |
 | John Milton - Freedom of the press - 1819 - 464 pages
...assent both to " them and divers of my friends here at " home ; and not less to an inward prompt" ing which now grew daily upon me, that " by labour and...Nature, I might " perhaps leave something so written to after" times, as they should not willingly let it " die*." Sufficient has been said in these preceding... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 466 pages
...says 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1822 - 340 pages
...Greece, when, hearing of the troubles in England, he thought it proper to hasten home. P. 79, I- 13. And Milton's self, I began thus far to assent . ....nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after times, as they should not willingly let it die. MILTON. P. 81, 1. 17. '(teas at matin-time Love... | |
 | Charles Symmons - Fore-edge paintings - 1822 - 526 pages
...of my friends at home, and not less to an inward prompting, which grew daily upon me, that by labor and intent study (which I take to be my portion in...to aftertimes as they should not willingly let it die93." Although, from the example of the Italian poets and from the difficulty of asserting a place... | |
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