...enemies, who " flung out," as he says, " stray crimes against him at a venture :"—" Those morning haunts are where they should be, at home, not sleeping, or...surfeits of an irregular feast, but up and stirring, m wmter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour, or to devotion ; in summer, as oft with...

...gives an engaging and spirited account of his domestic conduct. " Those morning haunts are where Jhey should be, at home ; not sleeping or concocting the...winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labor or to devotion ; in summer, as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to read...

...temperance and re* gularity of his own habits: My "morning haunts (he rejoins upon " a slanderous Adversary) are where they should be, at home, " not sleeping,...concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, " but up anil stirring, in winter often ere the sound of any bell " awake men to labour, or to devotion ; in...

...are weakest at the book*. Milton, speaking of his own morning occupations, says, " My morning haunts are where they should be, at home; not sleeping, or...devotion; in summer, as oft with the bird that first rises, or not much tardier, to read good authors, or cause them to be read, till the attention be weary,...

...11.) London. N. MILTON'S MORNING OCCUPATIONS. MY morning haunts, says this great and celebrated man, are where they should be, — at home ; not sleeping,...stirring ; in winter, often ere the sound of any bell awakes men to labour or to devotion ; in summer, as oft with the bird that first rises, or not much...

...grace the trees of spiritual and intellectual life ; and he could say with Milton, " My morning haunts are where they should be, at home ; not sleeping,...irregular feast, but up, and stirring; in winter, ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour, or • Mr. Prattaga bad enriched hit library witK Mr....

...what he says of himself in his Apology far Smectymnuus, p. 109. vol. i. edit. 1738. "My morning haunts are where they should be, at home, not sleeping, or...bell awake men to labour, or to devotion; in summer aa oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to read good authors, or cause them to...

...morning, and prove die truth of what he says of himself in his Apology for Smectymnuus, " that he wa's ' up and stirring, in winter ' often ere the sound of...rouses, or not much tardier, to read ' good authors, &c :" and few minds, I believe, but such as are innocent and unstained with guilty pleasures have any...

...and great men need scarcely be adduced. John Milton writes of himself that he was at his studies " in winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men...rouses, or not much tardier, to read good authors till attention be weary, or memory have its full fraught ; then with useful and generous labours, preserving...

...Smectymnuus gives this account of himself at an earlier period of kn life. " Those morning haunts " are where they should be, at " home; not sleeping, or con""cocting the surfeits of an irrear feast, but up and stirring, 1753. E. ' them to be read, till the atten' tion be weary, or memory...