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" ... up and stirring, in winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour or to devotion; in summer as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to read good authors, or cause them to be read, till the attention be weary, or memory... "
The life of Milton, and Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise Lost, by ... - Page 111
by William Hayley - 1810
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The Seasons of Life; with an Introduction on the Creation, and Primeval ...

Mary Ashdowne - 1839 - 328 pages
...Milton, who has given us the following account of his own habits. " Those morning haunts are where they should be, at home ; not sleeping or concocting the...winter, often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour or devotion ; in summer, as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to read...
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The Pocket Lacon: Comprising Nearly One Thousand Extracts from the ..., Volume 2

John Taylor - 1839 - 258 pages
...cultivation of his understanding, thus describes his own habits:—"Those morning haunts are where they should be, at home; not sleeping or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, but up and stiring; i n winter, often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour or devotion; in summer as...
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The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 1

1839 - 568 pages
..." long ere the sound of any bell awoke men to labor or to devotion," and in summer, like Milton, " as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier," he was enabled to accomplish much before others were stirring. " To these morning studies," he used...
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The Church of England Magazine, Volume 8

1840 - 504 pages
...his own day, the following sketch of his habits:—* " My morning haunts," he says, "are where they should be, at home ; not sleeping or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, but nji and stirring ; m Winter, often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour, or to devotion ;...
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The Works of William E. Channing, D. D.

William Ellery Channing - 1841 - 444 pages
...licentious habits, he thus gives an account of his morning hours ; — "Those morning haunts are where they should be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the...often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labor, or devotion ; in summer as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to read good authors,...
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The universities. Le Keux's Memorials of Cambridge, views, with historical ...

Thomas Wright - 1841 - 662 pages
...collcgii plerosque socios, a quibus eram haud mediocritur cultus, reliqui." he answered, " are where they should be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the...winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour, or to devotion ; in summer as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to...
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Paradise Lost: With Variorum Notes ... and a Memoir of the Life of Milton ...

John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...Smectymnuus," he gives the following account of himself: — "Those morning haunts are where they ought to be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits...winter, often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour or to devotion ; in summer, as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to...
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People's Edition of the Entire Works of W. E. Channing, Volume 1

William Ellery Channing - 1843 - 686 pages
...Дcспtious habits, he thus gives an account of his morning hours. " Those morning haunts arc where they should be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the...winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour or devotion ; iu summer as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to read...
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The Golden Vase: A Gift for the Young

Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 pages
...replies to the suspicious calumny respecting his morning haunts. " Those morning haunts are where they should be, at home; not sleeping, or concocting the...winter, often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour or devotion; in summer, as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to read...
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The Juryman's Legal Hand-book, and Manual of Common Law

Thomas Harttree Cornish - 1843 - 334 pages
...cultivation of his understanding, thus describes his own habits : " Those morning haunts are where they should be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the...stirring ; in winter, often ere the sound of any bell awakes men to labour or devotion ; in summer, as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier,...
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