 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.  Stories for standard i (-vi). - Σελίδα 170των mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Henry Thompson - 1838 - 452 σελίδες
...seems a sentiment unchaste, Oppos'd to modesty, and genuine taste ; I See Vignette, chapter ii. a " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...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... | |
 | Hannah More - 1838 - 472 σελίδες
...seems a sentiment unchaste, Oppos'd to modesty, and genuine taste ; ' See Vignette, chapter ii. » " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...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... | |
 | Reymond de Véricour, Louis Raymond de Véricour - 1838 - 448 σελίδες
...orateur, et guerrier distingué, viut un jour au parlement avec les épreuves (i) ON MILTON. Three pools, in three distant ages born , Greece , Italy , and England did adorn , The lirst in loftiness of thought surpast , The iiext in majesty ; in both , the last. The force of nature... | |
 | Edwin Sidney - 1839 - 580 σελίδες
...Oriental Nabobs put together. It was this: Non sum qualis eram; he was Ajax and Ulysses united. Since nature could no further go, To make a third, she joined the other two. " Should the Right Honourable Gentleman now lose the name of the Man of the People, he might be consoled... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1839 - 642 σελίδες
...eyeballs became as coals of fire, and she did not shed a 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 a third, she join'd the former two." single tear. That woman's tears have not... | |
 | 1840 - 488 σελίδες
...the three greatest poets that ever lived. The following lines by Dryden speak much in their praise. " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in majesty of thought surpassed, The next in gracefulness ; — in both, the last. Th€ force of nature... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 σελίδες
...full as just as the original, but have not the tautology of loftiness and majesty : " Three orators in distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd, The next in language, but in both the last : The power of Nature could no farther go ; To... | |
 | 1840 - 516 σελίδες
...the three greatest poets that ever lived. The following lines by Dryden speak much in their praise. " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adoru. The first in majesty of thought surpassed, The next in gracefulness ; — in both, the last.... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 σελίδες
...natural, as he was the author of the famous epigram — " Three poets, in three distant ages horn, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn : The first in loftiness of thought surpassed ; The second in dignity ; in hoth the last. The force of nature could no farther go ; To make the third,... | |
 | 1855 - 630 σελίδες
...lines were written under a picture of Milton, before his " Paradise Lost," in the folio edition : " e glory of thy grace. Oh ! confirm the bond so tender,...by Thine own hand, we pray ; 'Till both Church and surpass'd; The next in majesty ; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make... | |
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