 ... 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
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...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;... | |
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...wrote that he was " up and stirring in winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour or devotion ; in summer as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier." In L' Allegro he wrote this appeal: Mirth, admit me of thy crew, * * * * To hear the lark begin his... | |
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...stirring, in winter often ere the sound of any bei] awake men to labour, or to devotion; in summer 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 füll... | |
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