 ... 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 aftertimes, as they should not...  The Enquirer - Page 356by William Godwin - 1823 - 411 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1850 - 638 pages
...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.' — Milton on Church Government, B. u. ' can die, but so cannot their JOTS. And if the blessed martyrs... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pages
...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 aftertimcs, as they should not willing;! v let it die." f O * Although, from the example of the Italian... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 624 pages
...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 Britten to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die." ' Although, from the example of the... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...upon ra«, that by labcrar 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 they should not willingly let it die. These thoughts at once possessed me, and these... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...upon rrte, 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 they should not willingly let it die. These thoughts at once possessed me, and these... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...upon the people, to receive at once both recreation and instruction; let them in authority consult. The thing which I had to say, and those intentions which have lived within me, ever since I could conceive myself any thing worth to my country, I return to crave... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...upon the people to receive at once both recreation and instruction ; let them in authority consult. The thing which I had to say, and those intentions which have lived within me ever since I could conceive myself any thing worth to my country, I return to crave... | |
 | Charles Symmons - 1810 - 690 pages
...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...aftertimes as they should not willingly let it die."' Although, from the example of the Italian poets and from the difficulty of asserting a place even in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...he, " I take to be my portion in this life, "joined with a strong propensity of nature," he might " leave something so written to after-times, " as they should not willingly let it die." It appears, in all his writings, that he had the usual concomitant of great abilities, a lofty and... | |
 | John Black - 1810 - 528 pages
...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 aftevtimes, as they should not willingly let it die."t That it was the conversation, and encouragement... | |
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