 | Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1862 - 454 pages
...present state compared ! When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good ; myself I thought Born to that end" — he will have some notion of the vast reveries which brooded... | |
 | John Milton - 1864 - 584 pages
...compared ! 2OO " When I was yet a child, no childish play " To me was pleasing; all my mind was set " Serious to learn and know, and thence to do, " What might be public good : myself I thought " Born to that end — born to promote all truth. " All righteous things ; therefore,... | |
 | John Kirk - 1864 - 448 pages
..." — " When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Seriously to learn and know, and thence to do, What might be public good." From the moment of his birth, his parents, in solemn vows and prayers, had consecrated him to the Lord... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1865 - 320 pages
...present state compared! When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end ' — he will have some notion of the vast reveries which Brooded... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...present state compared 1 When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do. What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things : therefore, above... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1866 - 642 pages
...says of himself: 4 " When I was jet a child, DO childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do, What might be public good ; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things." He seems to... | |
 | William Carlos Martyn - Great Britain - 1866 - 328 pages
...boyhood : ' ' When I was yet a child, no childish play To me seemed pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good ; myself I thought Born to that end — born to promote all truth And righteous things." Thomas Young... | |
 | 1866 - 410 pages
...state compar'd ! sw When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good ; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, 206 All righteous things : therefore,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1867 - 494 pages
...his school-life — When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing : all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good : myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things. It is remarkable... | |
 | Literature - 1874 - 808 pages
...serene, happy face. " While yet I was a child, no childish play To me was pleasing : and my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good ; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth And righteous things." He was already... | |
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When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things... 
