THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two. Poétique anglaise - Página 100por Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| English poets - 1790 - 312 páginas
...England did adorn. The firft, in loftinefs of thought furpafs'd ; The next, in majefty; in both the laft. The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third, fhe join'd the former two. XII. ON THE MONUMENT OF A FAIR MAIDEN LADY, WHO DIED AT BATH, AND IS THERE... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 páginas
...England did adorn. The firft in loftinefs of thought furpaft ; The next in majefty ; in both the lafl. The force of Nature could no further go : To make a third, Ihe join'd the former two.' DRTDEN. EDINBURGH: PRINTED BX MVNDELL AND SON, PARLIAMENT STAIRS. * n >... | |
| John Milton - 1796 - 452 páginas
...England, did adorn. The firft in loftinefs of thought furpafl i The next in malefty i in both the laft. The force of nature could no further go : To make a third lhe loin'd the former two. DRYDEIT. PARTE PRIMA. LONDRA, PRESSO O. FOLIDOftl, E CO. N° 12, COCKSPUR.STREET,... | |
| Select epigrams - 1797 - 188 páginas
...England did adorn. The firft in loftinefs of thought furpaft, The next in majefty, in both, the laft. The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third, {he join'd the former two. EPIGRAM ON A PIGMY'S DEATH. BY BISHOP SPRAT. BESTRIDE an Ant, a Pigmy great... | |
| Johann Gottfried Grohmann - 1798 - 590 páginas
...did adorn. The firft in majefty of thought furpafs'd, The next in gracefulnefs : in both the laft. The force of nature could no further go; To make a third fhe joined the other two. Uftilton fam im З'Ф «639 П«Ф €nq!ant> ¿uräcf, unb mietbfs te in... | |
| Old Humphrey - 1799 - 372 páginas
...Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in majesty of thought surpass'd, The next in gracefulness ;—in both, the last. The force of Nature could no...further go, To make a third, she join'd the other two." The fog seems to increase, and every distant object is hidden, or appears very indistinct. Greenwich... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 páginas
...contemporaries, and yet has since been placed at the head of English classic literature by Dryden : — " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy and England did adorn, Homer in loftiness of thought surpass'd, Virgil in majesty, in both the last." " And ever against eating... | |
| 1804 - 512 páginas
...TP TO; . H ^u<ri5 c! OTforsf e; a>w nfyvacura, /AEW/VOT, Tov Tf iron (ts^arrEn, TS<TW The Original. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...could no further go, To make a third she join'd the former two. L 3 His thoughts were next turned to a poem, a considerable part of which he had composed... | |
| 1806 - 274 páginas
...captain, I'd put on gay looks, " If the judge and the jury to try me were cooks." CCXLVIII. MILTON. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...England did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpast ; The next in majesty — in both the last. The force of Nature could no farther go ; To make... | |
| 1806 - 408 páginas
...Can Stuart or Nassau claim higher? Under MILTON'S PICTURE, before kis PARADISE LOST. (DRYDEN.J THRKE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'dj The next, in majesty; in both the last. The pow'r of Nature could no further go; To make... | |
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