 ... 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 after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.  The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. - Pàgina 86per Samuel Johnson - 1811Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 pàgines
...(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 other, that if I were certain to write as men buy leases,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pàgines
...(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 other, that if I were certain to write as men buy leases,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1851 - 328 pàgines
...I take to be my portion iu 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.—MILTON. Nor can his Wish be unfulfilled. Calumniated in his life-time and writing what few would... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1852 - 522 pàgines
...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. — MILTON. P. 64, 1. 8. . . . 'twas at matin-timt Love and devotion are said to be nearly allied.... | |
 | 1852 - 634 pàgines
...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 die. " These thoughts at once possessed me, and these other — that, if I were certain to write, as... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 472 pàgines
...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 to the Second Book of Church Government. A noble purpose truly, and so fulfilled in... | |
 | Biographical magazine - 1853 - 586 pàgines
...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. These thoughts at once possessed me, and these others — that, if I were certain to write, as men... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1853 - 436 pàgines
...which it was my youthful ambition " to be for ever known," and part whereof I dare believe has been " so written to aftertimes as they should not willingly let it die," it appeared proper that this poem, through which the author had been first made known to the public, two-and-forty... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 472 pàgines
...as appears to have exalted him in his own opinion, and confirmed him in the hope that, " by labour and intense study, which," says he, " I take to be...aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die." 21 It appears, in all his writings, that he had the usual con18 His mother died 3rd Aug., 1637, and... | |
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