 ... 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 of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written, to after-times, as they should...  The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White ... - Page 26by Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 496 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Electronic journals - 1857 - 692 pages
...daily upon me, that by labour and intent study (which I take to be my portion in this life), joyn'd with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps...after times, as they should not willingly let it die." For thus speaking of himself Milton, in graceful terms, craves " to have courteous pardon : " For although... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...home, and not less to an inward prompting, which now grew daily upon me, that with labor and intense study, (which I take to be my portion in this life,)...nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let •t die. These thoughts at once possessed me ; and these... | |
 | 1858 - 866 pages
...daily upon me, that by labor and intent study — which I take to bo my portion in this life— juyn'd with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps...after times, as they should not willingly let it die." For thus speaking of himself Milton, in graceful terms, craves " to have courteous pardoar* '• For... | |
 | David Masson - 1860 - 282 pages
...to assent both to them and to divers of my friends here at home, and not less to an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labor and intent...nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes as they should not willingly let it die." His aspirations had even taken a certain determinate... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1860 - 480 pages
...England, he thought it proper to hasten home. (21) I began thus far to assent ... to an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labor and intent...nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes as they should not willingly let it die. — Milton. Nor can his wish be unfulfilled. Calumniated... | |
 | 1875 - 582 pages
...friends here at home, and not less to an inward prompting which now grows daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in...nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times as they should not willingly let it die." These words were published in 1641, when Milton... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 pages
...home, and not less to an inward prompting, which now grew daily upon me, that with labor and intense study, (which I take to be my portion in this life,)...propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so^written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die. These thoughts at once possessed... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 134 pages
...some great and lasting work. In his treatise on Church Government, he says, "By labour and intense study, which I take to be my portion in this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I hope to leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die." And he... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 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 whole context of this passage is of great interest for the light it throws on Milton's early conviction... | |
 | John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1862 - 396 pages
...prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour HE RESOLVES TO WRITE AN ENGLISH EPIC. 47 and intense study (which I take to be my portion in this life),...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... | |
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