 When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...  The Works of the English Poets: Milton - Página 148de Samuel Johnson - 1779Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | 1866 - 662 páginas
...says of himself: " When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing : all my mind wag set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do, What might be public good ; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things." He seems to... | |
 | 1841 - 508 páginas
...holy life : — ' When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do, What might be public good. Myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things ; therefore above... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1842 - 384 páginas
...state compared ! When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do, What might be public good ; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All rightHOus things; therefore, above... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 páginas
...stale compar'd ! When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set l: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against th* E : myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things ; therefore, above... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 páginas
...state compared ! When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good ; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things ; therefore, above... | |
 | 1843 - 582 páginas
...says : " When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Desirous to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good." Such is the nature of Genius — such the manner in which it is often developed. It delights to leave... | |
 | 1841 - 500 páginas
...holy life : — ' When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do, What might be public good. Myself I thought Born to that end, bora to promote all truth, All righteous things ; therefore above... | |
 | John Frost - 1846 - 332 páginas
...PHILIP SYDNEY. " When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do, What might be public good : myself I thought Born to that end ; born to promote all truth, All righteous things." Paradise Regained.... | |
 | New-York Historical Society - 1821 - 422 páginas
...directed, and it may be said of him, in that Milto»ic language which he loved, • all his mind was set Serious to learn, and know, and thence to do, What might be public good ; himself he thought Born to that end horn, to promote all truth, And righteous things. He despised... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1849 - 328 páginas
...as thus speaking: When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do, What might be public good. Myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things ; therefore above... | |
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