 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 120by Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 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,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1852 - 522 pages
...the greatness of their young admirers ? 86 HUMAN LIFE. P. 62, L 16. And MILTOH'S telf I began thug far to assent ... to an inward prompting which now...they should not willingly let it die. — MILTON. P. 64, 1. 8. . . . 'twas at matin-timt Love and devotion are said to be nearly allied. Boccacio fell in... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - English literature - 1989 - 370 pages
...intent study (which I take to be my portion in this life) joyn'd with the strong propensity of nature, 1 might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die. (P. 54) Thus inspired, Milton extended the range of his activities spectacularly. For the first time... | |
 | Manfred Görlach - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1991 - 492 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 leave something so written to 5 aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die. These thoughts at once possest me, and these... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 470 pages
...which the youthful Milton recorded—"an inward prompting which grows daily upon me, that by labor 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?" The influence of universities upon historical... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 372 pages
...far-off view, we can realize that the Commonplace Book yields evidence of the preparation of a Milton to 'leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.' "19 For the Commonplace Book is a collection of topoi or topics to be employed as proofs in Milton's... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - English poetry - 1995 - 292 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...aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die. These thoughts at once possest me, and these other. That if I were certain to write as men buy Leases,... | |
 | William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...the Alps, 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,...aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.'" Although the Hammersmith and Horton days had seen him confident of poetical ability, the Italian experience... | |
 | William Gerber - Immortality in literature - 1998 - 148 pages
...long life. He wrote, however, in one of his prose works: (302) "[I hope] that by labour and. ..study. ..I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die." From John Suckling (born 1609), we have a statement on the enduring life not of his poems but of the... | |
 | Stephen B. Dobranski - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 276 pages
..."led by the genial power of nature" to a higher, poetic task (CP 1: 808). He announces audaciously, "I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die" (CPr. 810). By placing the digression at the start of Book 2, Milton can write about himself in greater... | |
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