... 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... Demosthenes - Page xxiby Demosthenes - 1859 - 572 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Ellery Channing - 1828 - 128 pages
...irregular feast, but up and siirring, in winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labor, or to devotion; in summer as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, (o read good authors, or cause them to be read, till the attention be weary, or memory have its full... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Christianity and religious humanism - 1830 - 630 pages
...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 rouses, or not much tardier, to read good authors, or cause them to be read, till the attention be weary, or memory have its full fraught;... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Christianity and religious humanism - 1830 - 630 pages
...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 rouses, or not much tardier, to read good authors, or cause them to be read, till the attention be weary, or memory have its full fraught;... | |
 | Robert Fox - Godmanchester (England) - 1831 - 456 pages
...irregular feast, but up and stirring ; in winter, often ere the sound of any bell awaken men to labour or 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 have its full fraught... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - Anglican Communion - 1831 - 374 pages
...Milton, " he was up and stirring in winter often ere the sound of any bell awakens men to labour or devotion ; in summer, as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to read good authors." (Apology for Smectymnuus.) Hawkins also informs us, that " he (Ken) seemed to go... | |
 | Robert Fox - Godmanchester (England) - 1831 - 460 pages
...irregular feast, but up and stirring ; in winter, often ere the sound of any bell awaken men to labour or 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 have its full fraught;... | |
 | Theology - 1833 - 422 pages
...irregular feast, but up and stirring, in winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labor 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 have its full fraught... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...the child grew and the Lord blessed him. — Judges, xiii. THE POET'S MORNING. Mv morning haunts are, where they should be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting...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 till the attention be weary,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 380 pages
...by excessive sleep, Milton, speaking of his own morning occupations, says, " My morning haunts are, where they should be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting...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, till the attention be weary,... | |
 | 1832 - 880 pages
...an irregular feast; but up, and stirring; in winter, often ere sound of any bell awakes men to labor or to 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, till the attention be weary,... | |
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