 | 1846 - 844 σελίδες
...till six o'clock. He then entertained such visitors as might come to him, when he supped, and then after a pipe of tobacco and a glass of water, went to bed. One of these visitors found him, we are told, sitting before his door, in a grey coat of coarse cloth,... | |
 | Short memoirs - 1847 - 170 σελίδες
...hour; then dined; then played on the organ, and sang or heard another sing: then studied till six; then entertained his visitors till eight; then supped;...of tobacco and a glass of water, went to bed." We cannot but suppose that this regularity was often interrupted. " He that lives in the world," remarks... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 σελίδες
...and sang, or heard another sing, then studied to six; then entertained his visitors till eight ; tncn supped, and, after a pipe of tobacco and a glass of water, went to bed. So is his life described : but this even tenor appears attainable only in colleges. He that lives in... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1848 - 528 σελίδες
...played on the organ, and sung or heard another sing ; studied till the hour of six; and entertained hi» visitors till eight; then supped, and after a pipe of tobacco and a glass of water, went to bed. To his personal character there seems to have been little to object. He was unfortunate in his family;... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 σελίδες
...hour ; then dined ; then played on the organ, and sang or heard another sing: then studied till six then entertained his visitors till eight ; then supped;...of tobacco and a glass of water, went to bed." We cannot but suppose that this regularity was often interrupted. "He that lives in the world, "remarks... | |
 | 1852 - 596 σελίδες
...an hour; then dined; then played on the orran and sung, or heard another sing; then studied to six; then entertained his visitors till eight; then supped,...pipe of tobacco and a glass of water, went to bed.'' "I know not," caul Mrs. H. More, "whether my writings have promoted the spiritual welfare of my readers,... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1853 - 528 σελίδες
...dined ; then played on the organ, and sung or heard another sing ; studied till the hour of six ; and entertained his visitors till eight; then supped,...pipe of tobacco and a glass of water, went to bed. To his personal character there seems to have been little to object. He was unfortunate in his family... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 322 σελίδες
...studied till six; entertained his visitors45 till eight; and supped upon olives, or some light thing,46 and after a pipe of tobacco, and a glass of water, went to bed. That Milton and his wife used to dine in the"'kitchen, as appears in the affidavit of their maid-servant,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 σελίδες
...hour ; then dined ; then played on the organ and sang, or heard another sing ; then studied to six ; then entertained his visitors till eight ; then supped,...pipe of tobacco and a glass of water, went to bed. So is his life described : but this even tenour appears attainable only in colleges. He that lives... | |
 | William Keddie - 1854 - 400 σελίδες
...hour ; then dined, then played on the organ, and sang, or heard another sing; then studied to six ; then entertained his visitors till eight ; then supped,...pipe of tobacco and a glass of water, went to bed. Milton has the reputation of having been in his youth eminently beautiful, so as to have been called... | |
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The course of his day was best known after he was blind. When he first rose, he heard a chapter in the Hebrew Bible, and then studied till twelve; then took some exercise for an hour; then dined, then played on the organ, and... 
