 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 էջ
...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... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1810 - 424 էջ
...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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1810 - 528 էջ
...adorn : Henley in Cure of Souls displaj'd his skill, Rock shone in. Physic, and in both John Hill ' The force of Nature could no further go, To make a Third shejoiu'd the former Two. Towards the close of bis life fortune smiled upon our adventurer with more... | |
 | William Butler - 1811 - 548 էջ
...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 էջ
...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 - 670 էջ
...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 - 490 էջ
...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 - 462 էջ
...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 - 524 էջ
...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... | |
 | 1820 - 224 էջ
...Dryden's celebrated epigram, constantly prelixed to ParaK '2 disc 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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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. 
