 | William Godwin - 1823 - 442 Seiten
...upon me, that by labour and intent study, (which I take to be my portion in this life) joyn'd with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave...aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die. " The thing which I had to say, and those intentions which have liv'd within me ever since I could... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 652 Seiten
...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... | |
 | William Godwin - 1823 - 444 Seiten
...upon me, that by labour and intent 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 aftertimcs, as they should not willingly let it die. " The thing which I had to say, and those intentions... | |
 | Philomathic institution - 1824 - 522 Seiten
...of Job, which was, as we have seen, present to his thoughts when he anticipated the compassing of " something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die." He had traced the wanderings of the majestic Nile of Epic song, and traversed every shore sublimely... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 Seiten
...he, " I take to be my portion in this life, joined with a strong propensity of nature," he might " leave something so written to aftertimes, 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Precept - 1825 - 302 Seiten
...hopes, that " by labour and intense study, joined to a strong propensity of nature, he may be able to leave something so written, to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let die. This," says he, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can enrich... | |
 | Henry John Todd - 1826 - 458 Seiten
...Par. Regained, B. iv. 435. which in his youth grew daily upon him, that by labour and intense study he might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die ;" the very anticipation, which he had z before communicated to Deodati, that he was meditating an... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 484 Seiten
...Par. Regained, B. iv. 435. which in his youth grew daily upon him, that by labour and intense study he might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die ;" the very anticipation, which he had z before communicated to Deodati, that he was meditating an... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 430 Seiten
...he, " I take to be my portion in this life, joined with a strong propensity of nature,' he might ' leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.' It appears in all his writings that he had" the usual concomitant of great ahilities, a lofty and steady... | |
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... 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... 
