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Some Account of the Life and Writings of John Milton: Derived Principally ... - Page 234
by Henry John Todd - 1826 - 370 pages
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Toxophilus

Roger Ascham - Archery - 1868 - 372 pages
...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 aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die. These thoughts at once possest me, and these other. That if / were certain to write as men buy Leases,...
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John Milton and His Times: An Historical Novel

Max Ring - Great Britain - 1868 - 330 pages
...to be my portion in this life, joined to the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave some so written to aftertimes 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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Treasury of Choice Quotations

Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...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 aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die. The Reason of Church Government. Book ii. Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still...
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Home Pictures of English Poets, for Fireside and Schoolroom

Kate Sanborn - English poetry - 1869 - 306 pages
...He said at this time, that he "cared not how late he came into life, only that he came fit," and " perhaps leave something so written to after-times as they should not willingly let it die." In 1637 be lost his good mother, a woman of rare talents and virtues, and, without her saintly presence,...
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Singers and Songs of the Church: Being Biographical Sketches of the Hymn ...

Josiah Miller - Hymn writers - 1869 - 656 pages
...others, whose expressions of homage for his genius strengthened within him the inward prompting that he ' might perhaps leave something so written to after-times as they should not willingly let die.' On his return he supplemented his scanty resources by the proceeds of a school, in which he instructed...
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Singers and Songs of the Church: Being Biographical Sketches of the Hymn ...

Josiah Miller - Hymn writers - 1869 - 660 pages
...others, whose expressions of homage for his genius strengthened within him the inward prompting that he ' might perhaps leave something so written to after-times as they should not willingly let die.' On his return he supplemented his scanty resources by the proceeds of a school, in which he instructed...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers

Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1869 - 548 pages
...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 not willingly let it die."—MILTON. Nor can his wish be unfulfilled. Calumniated in his lifetime and writing what few would...
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English poems, ed. with life, intr. and selected notes by R.C. Browne, Volume 2

John Milton - 1870 - 352 pages
...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 aftertimes, 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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Selections from the Prose Works of John Milton: With Critical Remarks and ...

John Milton - 1870 - 382 pages
...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 aftertimes, 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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Selections from the Prose Works of John Milton: With Critical Remarks and ...

John Milton - 1870 - 356 pages
...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 aftertimes, 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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