 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.  Joe Miller's Jests: With Copious Additions - Página 220por Joe Miller - 1836 - 248 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt - 1850 - 130 páginas
...once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. 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. EXERCISE XII. Death of Adam and Eve. — MONTGOMERY.... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1850 - 734 páginas
...Anglo-Saxon words. Ae Dryden said of Homer, Virgil and Milton — 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 nalurecould no farther go — To make... | |
 | 1851 - 502 páginas
...words printed in italics. To what three poets does it refer ? 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 mahe... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - 554 páginas
...praise which he bestowed upon it in his well-known lines ; " 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 410 páginas
...generations." He then repeated Dryden's celebrated lines, " 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... | |
 | 1851 - 492 páginas
...with the following inscription has been placed ; — •' Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and 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 farther go, To make... | |
 | Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1851 - 324 páginas
...peculiarly suggestive of Dryden's graceful panegyric : — " 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 farther go ; To make... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1852 - 348 páginas
...the sacred source of sympathetic tears.' " Answer 9th.— " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy and England did adorn, The first in loftiness of thought surpnst, The next in majesty, in both the last; The force of nature could no further go, To make a... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1852 - 734 páginas
...mistake not, once said— • Three poets, in three different ages born, Greece, England, and Italy did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpast; The next in beauty; in both the last. The force of nature could no farther go; To form a third, she joined the... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 páginas
...ancients too." Subsequently he recorded his praise in verse. " Three poets in three different 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 farther go ; To make... | |
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