 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.  Brookiana - Página 1371804Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1810 - 422 páginas
...ardent zeal surpass'd ; The next •(- in firmness ; and in both the last J. The force of nature coxild no further go ; To make a third — she join'd the former two. TWELFTH NIGHT. [From the British Press.] T"\RAWING for King and Queen was general •*-"^ throughout... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 295 páginas
...o'er the dstrk' her silver marifle threw. MILTON, O» Milton. Three poets in three distant ages b6rn, 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... | |
 | William Butler - 1811 - 494 páginas
...rtid 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 Die join'd the other two. DRYDEN. The late Dr. Johnfon, though he was. ftrongly prejudiced againft... | |
 | 1812 - 156 páginas
...like a true modern spouse, — For she fled from his arms — to distinguish his brtnvs. CCI. 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 further go ; To make... | |
 | 1813
...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, hud... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816
...censure blaze ; But, faith ! tis all in vain we do, The world nor credits me nor you. Milton. DRYDBN. THREE poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...majesty, in both the last. The force of Nature could no farther go : To make a third, she join'd the other two. On the Duchess of Marlborough' s Offer o/MOi.... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1816
...which they can be thrown. JOHN MILTON. Born 1608.—Died 1674. From 5th James /., to 2.5th Charles II. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816
...music." His character as a poet is given in the following lines, written by Dryden under his picture : ' 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... | |
 | 1814
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 | 1820 - 230 páginas
...Dryden's celebrated epigram, constantly prefixed to Paradisc Lost, is little more than a translation. Three poets in three distant ages born, 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... | |
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