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" Those morning haunts are where they should be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, but 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... "
American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 94
1840
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Memories of Merton

John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 394 pages
...irregular feast, bnt up and stirring ; in winter, oli en ere the sound of any bell awakes man to labour or devotion ; in summer, as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to read good anthors, or canse them to be read, till the attention be weary,, or memory have its full franght."—MILTON....
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Self-formation

Edwin Paxton Hood - 1865 - 376 pages
...sound of any bell awake men to labour or devotion in summer, as oft with the bird that first rises, or not much tardier to read good authors, or cause them to be read." He has gained a double life — he, as the old wit said, drives the day — he is not driven of the...
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Life and Times of John Milton

William Carlos Martyn - 1866 - 328 pages
...stirring : in winter, often before any bell awakens men to labor or devotion; in summer, as apt as the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to...authors, or cause them to be read till the attention is weary, or the memory have its full fraught. Then with useful and generous labor preserving the body's...
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The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 21

1867 - 476 pages
...should he, at home. No* sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, but up and stirring, in winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labor or devotion ; in summer as oft with the bird that first rises, or not much tartlicr, to read good authors,...
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Selections from the Prose Works of John Milton: With Critical Remarks and ...

John Milton - 1870 - 356 pages
...be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, but 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...
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Selections from the Prose Works of John Milton: With Critical Remarks and ...

John Milton - 1870 - 382 pages
...should be, at home; not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, but 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...
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The Life of John Milton, Volume 2

David Masson - 1871 - 630 pages
...be, at home : not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an " irregular feast, but 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 —...
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The Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connection with the Political ..., Volume 2

David Masson - 1871 - 636 pages
...be, at home : not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an " irregular feast, but 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...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 pages
...be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast,1 but up and stirring ; in winter, often ere the sound of any bell awake men...labor or to devotion ; in summer, as oft with the bird thai first rises, or not much tardier, to read good authors, or cause them to be read till the attention...
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Autobiography of John Milton: Or, Milton's Life in His Own Words

John Milton - 1872 - 250 pages
...be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, but 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...
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