 ... 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
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1854 - 494 pages
...thus far to assent ... to an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labor and intent study (which I take to be my portion in this life), joined with tfe strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes as 'they... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...friends here at home, and not less to an inward prompting, which now grew daily apon me, that with labour and intense study (which I take to be my portion...nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftcrtimes, аз they should not willingly let it die. " These thoughts at onco possessed me ; and... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Christianity - 1855 - 376 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... | |
 | Henry Rogers - English essays - 1855 - 428 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 be my portion in this life, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.'... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Poets, English - 1855 - 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 be my portion in this lift — joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to... | |
 | 1856 - 864 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. These thoughts at once possessed me, and these... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...friends here at 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...nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to afterdates, as they should not willingly let it die. I must say, therefore, that after I had for my... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...in the high reason of his fancy, with his garland and singing robes about him. By labor 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. Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the... | |
 | 1856 - 964 pages
...unbelief should be expressed at all. tent study, which I tnko tu bi- my portion in this life, joined to the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after times M they wuuld not willingly let die, a work not to be raised from the heat of youth or the vapors of... | |
 | 1857 - 592 pages
...and meditation many years before hie great poem was published to the word. He says, "1 hope, by labor and intense study, which I take to be my portion in this life. I may have something so written to after time-, as they should not willingly let die.'' ANECDOTE OF... | |
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