 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...state compar'd ! aoo 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 ; my self I thought , Born to that end, born to promote all truth, 205 All righteous things : therefore,... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...state compar'd ! aoo 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 ; my self I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, 205 All righteous things : therefore,... | |
 | William Turner - 1840 - 444 pages
...state compared! When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all r(fy 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 ; therefor* above... | |
 | 1866 - 662 pages
...says of himself: " When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing : all my mind wag 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... | |
 | 1841 - 508 pages
...holy 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 ; therefore above... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1842 - 384 pages
...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, born to promote all truth, All rightHOus things; therefore, above... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...stale compar'd ! When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set l: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against th* E : myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things ; therefore, above... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...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, born to promote all truth, All righteous things ; therefore, above... | |
 | 1843 - 582 pages
...says : " When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Desirous to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good." Such is the nature of Genius — such the manner in which it is often developed. It delights to leave... | |
 | 1841 - 500 pages
...holy 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, bora to promote all truth, All righteous things ; therefore above... | |
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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... 
