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" This is owing to you, for you put it into my head by the question you put to me at Chalfont, which before I had not thought of. "
The Life of John Milton - Page 511
by Charles Symmons - 1810 - 646 pages
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The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood: Or, an Account of His Birth ...

Thomas Ellwood, George Bowles - 1714 - 514 pages
...in a pleafant Tone faid to me, This if owing to you : for you put it into my ~Head, by the Quejlion you put to me at Chalfont ; which before I had not thought of. But from this Digrefllon I return to the Family I then lived in. We had not been long at home (about...
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The British Plutarch, Or Biographical Entertainer: Being a Select Collection ...

1762 - 414 pages
...in a pleafanttone laid to him, " this is owing to you, for you put it into my head, by thequeftion you put to me at Chalfont, which before I had not thought of." In the year i672, he publifhed bis Artia Logics plenior Inftitutio ad Rami methodum. concinnata, London...
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Picturesque Views on the River Thames, from Its Source in ..., Volume 1

Samuel Ireland - 1792 - 386 pages
...voice faid to him, " This is owing *' to you, for you put it into my head, by « the. " the queftion you put to me at Chalfont, " which before I had not thought of." IN the neighbourhood of this village, it may not be improper to mention Beaconsfield, the refidence...
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Paradise Lost: With Notes, Selected from Newton and Others, to ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...in London, Milton shewed him his Paradise Regained, and in a pleasant tone of voice said to him, " This is owing to you ; for you put it into my head...me at Chalfont, which before I had not thought of." ' It is commonly reported (says Bishop Newton) that Milton himself preferred this poem to Paradise...
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The life of Milton. To which are added Conjectures on the origin of Paradise ...

William Hayley - 1799 - 376 pages
...a pleafant tone faid to me, me, ' This is owing to you, for you put it into my head by the qneflion you put to me at Chalfont, which before I had not thought of." The perfonal regard of this ingenuous quaker for Milton, and his giving birth to a compofiiion of fuch....
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7

John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pages
...hast thou to say of Paradise found ? He made me no answer, but sat some time in a muse: then broke off that discourse, and fell upon another subject. After...not thought of." The term of Milton's residence at Chaltonthas not been precisely specified; but from the circumstances to which it was accommodated,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pages
...Milton shewed Paradise Regamed to Elwood, " Tins," said he, " is owing to you ; for '' you put it in my head by the question you put " to me at Chalfont, which otherwise I had not '' thought of." His last poetical offspring was his favourite. He could not, as...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...Milton shewed Paradise Regained to Klwood, ' This,' said he, * is owing to you; for ' vou put it in my head by the question you put ' to me at Chalfont, which otherwise I had not ' thought of.' His last poetical offspring was his favorite. He could not, as Elwood...
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The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood, Or, An Account of His Birth ...

Thomas Ellwood - 1808 - 442 pages
...wait on him there, (which I seldom failed of doing, whenever my occasions drew me to London) he shewed me his second poem, called "Paradise Regained;" and...me at Chalfont ; which before I had not thought of. But from this digression I return to the family I then lived in. We had not been long at home (about...
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The life of Milton, and Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise Lost, by ...

William Hayley - 1810 - 472 pages
...pleasant tone, said to me, ' This is owing to you, for you put it into my head, by the question your put to me at Chalfont, which before I had not thought of." The personal regard of this ingenuous quaker for Milton, and his giving birth to a composition of such...
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