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Sketches of English Literature: With Considerations on the Spirit of the ... - Page 19
by François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836
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The Biblical repositor (and quarterly observer) [afterw.] The American ...

Edward Robinson - 1849 - 872 pages
...He wrote from au "inward prompting which," says he, "grew daily upon me, that by labor and intense 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 not willingly let die. These...
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The Biblical Repository and Classical Review

1849 - 778 pages
...He wrote from an "inward prompting which," says he, "grew daily upon me, that by labor and intense 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 not willingly let die. These...
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The Biblical Repository and Classical Review

1849 - 788 pages
...He wrote from an "inward prompting which," says he, "grew daily upon me, that by labor and intense 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 not willingly let die. These...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 26

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1849 - 688 pages
...somewhat." Well might he have added in the touching words of Milton, " I began thus far to assent * * to an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intense study (which I take to be my portion in this life), joined with the strong propensity of nature,...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 18

1849 - 602 pages
...somewhat." Well might he have added in the touching words of Milton, " I began thus far to assent * * * y to labor and intense study (which I take to be my portion in this Ufe,) joined with the strong propensity...
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Wissenschaftliche Grammatik der englischen Sprache von E. Fiedler (C. Sachs).

Eduard Fiedler - 1850 - 768 pages
...encomiums, which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps, I began thus far to assent both to them and divers of my friends here...grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study , joined *•• to the strong1 propensity of »at if re, I might perhaps Icnre something so written...
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Wissenschaftliche Grammatik der englischen Sprache, Volume 1

Eduard Fiedler - 1850 - 344 pages
...encomiums, which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps, I began thus far to assent both to them and divers of my friends here...grew daily upon me , that by labour and intent study , joined 82 to the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written, to after...
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The Biblical Repository and Classical Review, Volume 5

1849 - 788 pages
...He wrote from an "inward prompting which," says he, "grew daily upon me, that by labor and intense 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 not willingly let die. These...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pages
...encomiums, which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps, I began thus far to assent both to them and divers of my friends here...(which I take to be my portion in this life), joined to the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written, to after-times, as...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 pages
...encomiums, which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps, I began thus far to assent both to them and divers of my friends here...(which I take to be my portion in this life), joined to the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written, to after-times, as...
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