 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.  Select epigrams - Página 4por Select epigrams - 1797Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1813 - 670 páginas
...with Homer and Virgil, vi<5, author a rank among the great ornaments of the pulpit, to which * that f' The force of nature could no further go, To make a third, she joined the other two," Panegyric so rash and extravagant as this, we have not before, we believe,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 páginas
...did adorn : The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next in majesty; i» both the. last: The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join d the former two. IN these pointed and nervous lines of Dryden, the characters of the three... | |
 | 1820 - 224 páginas
...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 former two. Towards the close of 1639, he returned to England, which he found on the... | |
 | 1820 - 230 páginas
...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 former two. Towards the close of 1639, he returned to England, which he found on the... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 páginas
...did adorn. The first, in loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next, in majesty ; in both, the last. The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two. 8 ODES, SONGS, AND LYKICAL PIECES. VOL. XI. FAREWELL, FAIR ARMIDA. A SONG.... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 292 páginas
...England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next in majesty ; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third she join'd the former two. ON THC MONUMENT OF MAIIY FRAMPTON, A FAIR MAIDEN LADY, WHO DIED AT BATH,... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 462 páginas
...England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpast ; The next in majesty, in both the last. The force .of nature could no further go : To make a third, she join'd thc former two. DRYDEW. Tres poetas, em tres remotos tempos, Houraram Grecia, Italia, ea... | |
 | Sir Jonah Barrington - 1827 - 266 páginas
...did adorn : In solemn surliness the first surpass'd, The next in balderdash — in both the last : The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two ! Lord Yelverton, not expecting the lampoon to come in form of a letter,... | |
 | Sir Jonah Barrington - 1827 - 522 páginas
...did adorn : In solemn surliness the first surpass'd, The next in balderdash — in both the last : The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two ! Lord Yelverton, not expecting the lampoon to come in form of a letter,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 páginas
...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 join'd the former two. Under a portrait of Milton — Dryden. MLXXII. Must not that man be abandoned... | |
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