 has been for some years past, though the execution has been accidentally diverted, and does still vehemently continue, to retire myself to some of our American plantations, not to seek for gold, or enrich myself with the...  The Works of Abraham Cowley - Page 11by Abraham Cowley - 1806Full view - About this book
 | 1803 - 322 pages
...desire," says he, " has been for some years " past, though the execution has been accidentally di" verted, and does still vehemently continue, to retire " myself...not to " seek for gold, or enrich myself with the trafiick of " those parts, which is the end of most men that travel " thither, but to forsake this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...he been hindered only by his reason. " My desire," says he,." has been for some years " past, though the execution has been accidentally " diverted, and...continue, to " retire myself to some of our American planta" tions; notto seek for gold, or enrich myself with " the traffick of those parts, which is the... | |
 | 1806 - 348 pages
...he been hindered only by his reason. " My desire," says he, " has been for some years " past, though the execution has been accidentally ' diverted, and...continue, to ' retire myself to some of our American planta1 tions; not to seek for gold, or enrich myself with ' the traffick of those parts, which is... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 372 pages
...he been hindered only by his reason. ' My desire,' says he, ' has been for some years past, though the execution has been accidentally diverted, and...plantations, not to seek for gold, or enrich myself with the trarfick of those parts, which is the end of most men that travel thither l but to forsake this world... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 352 pages
...he been hindered only by his reason. ' My desire,' says he, ' has been for some years past, though the execution has been accidentally diverted, and...parts, which is the end of most men that travel thither ; but to forsake this world for ever, with all the vanities and vexations of it, and to bury myself... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 pages
...war. Cowley has applied to the muses, the expressions which Horace applies otherwise. past, (though the execution has been accidentally diverted) and...the traffic of those parts, which is the end of most that travel thither; but to forsake this world for ever, with all the vanities and vexations of it,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...resolution of mine floes the more befit me, because my desire has been for some years past (though the execution has been accidentally diverted) and...thither ; so that of these Indies it is truer than it wai of the former, Impi.ser extremes currit mercator ad Indos, Per mare pauperiem fugiens — >' but... | |
 | 1810 - 464 pages
...he been hindered only by his reason. ' My desire,' says he, 'has been for some years past, ' though the execution has been accidentally diverted, ' and...not to seek for ' gold,, or enrich myself with the traffick of those parts, ' which is the end of most men that travel thither; * but to forsake this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 pages
...been hindered only by his reason. . , ' My desire,' says he, ' has been for some years past, ' though the execution has been accidentally diverted, * and...not to seek for ' gold, or enrich myself with the traffick of those parts, ' which is the end of most men that travel thither; ' but to forsake this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 394 pages
...had he been hindered only by hi* reason. " My desire," says he " has been for some years past, though the execution has been accidentally diverted, .and...parts, which is the end of most men that travel thither ; but to forsake this world for ever, with all the vanities and vexations. of. it, and to bury myself... | |
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