 ... 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 not willingly let it die.  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Pagina 91door Samuel Johnson - 1816Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charles Symmons - 1810 - 690 pagina’s
...I take to be my portion in this life,) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes as they should not willingly let it die."' Although, from the example of the Italian poets and from the difficulty of asserting a place even in... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 472 pagina’s
...portion in this life) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might, perhaps, leave some- ' thing so 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 buy leases,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pagina’s
...in this life, joined with a strong propen" sity of nature," he might " leave something so writ" ten to after-times, as they should not willingly let «'...appears in all his writings that he had the usual coneomitant of great abilities, a lofty and steady confiden ce in himself, perhaps not without some... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 524 pagina’s
...(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 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 buy leases,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 pagina’s
...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 it die. The accomplishment of these intentions, which have lived within me ever since I could conceive myself... | |
 | John Milton - 1819 - 484 pagina’s
...take to be my portion in this Life) joined with the strong propensity of Nature, I might ; perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it i "die*." Sufficient has been said in these preceding remarks to satisfy all who read them, that in... | |
 | sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1822 - 180 pagina’s
...jealousy, may cloud the judgements , that we suppose most free from them. Johnson says of MILTON , that « it appears in all his writings , that he had the usual...himself ; perhaps not without some contempt of others ». But who can be compared with Milton ? The confidence will « come , and go » , in weaker minds... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pagina’s
...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...writings, that he had the usual concomitant of great ahilities, a lofty and steady confidence in himself, perhaps not without some contempt for others ;... | |
 | Charles Symmons - 1822 - 526 pagina’s
...I take to be my portion in this life), joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes as they should not willingly let it die93." Although, from the example of the Italian poets and from the difficulty of asserting a place... | |
 | William Godwin - 1823 - 442 pagina’s
...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 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 I could... | |
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