 ... 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,) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should...  The Southern Review - Page 3621829Full view - About this book
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1840 - 584 pages
...the noblest of the sons of men. " An inward prompting grew daily upon me, that, by labor 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,... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Honor - 1841 - 40 pages
...assent to my friends here at 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) joined with the strongest propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after times, as they... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...upon me, that with lahour and intense study, (which I take to he my portion in this life) joined with strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after times, as that they should not willingly let it die. For which cause (and not only for that I knew it would he... | |
 | Forbes Winslow - Medicine - 1842 - 864 pages
...diligence and meditation nan? years before his great poem, was published to the world. He says, " I hope, by labour and intense study, which I take to be my portion in this life, I may have something so written to after times, as they should not willingly let die." THE BARBER-SURGEONS.... | |
 | 1842 - 620 pages
...Milton should be borne in mind : " An inward prompting grew 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 something so written to after-times, as... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 352 pages
...thus far to assent ... 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)...nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die. — MILTON. P. 91, 1. 21. . . . "/irus at matin-time... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...them, and divers of my friends at home, and not less 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), I might, perhaps, leave something so written to after-times as they should not willingly let die."—Preface... | |
 | Albert Henry Payne - 1844 - 270 pages
...here at home, and not less to an inward prompting, which VOL. in. H now grew daily upon me, that with labour and intense study (which I take to be my portion...nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let die. " These thoughts at once possessed me; and these... | |
 | Literature - 1875 - 860 pages
...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 this life,...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1845 - 512 pages
...divers of my friends here at home, and not less to an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intense study (which I take to...nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times as they should not willingly let it die. The accomplishment of these intentions, which... | |
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