 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pages
...says 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1822 - 340 pages
...far to assent . . . to 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)...nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after times, as they should not willingly let it die. MILTON. P. 81, 1. 17. '(teas at matin-time Love... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...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 ahilities, a lofty... | |
 | William Godwin - 1823 - 442 pages
....daily 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...written to 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... | |
 | William Godwin - 1823 - 444 pages
...daily 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 652 pages
...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... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...home ; and not less to 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,...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... | |
 | Precept - 1825 - 302 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...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... | |
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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 after-times, as they should... 
