 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.  The Central literary magazine - الصفحة 82بواسطة Birmingham central literary assoc - 1881عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Henry Thompson - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 452
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 472
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 448
...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... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 642
...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...Nature could no farther go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two." single tear. That woman's tears have not yet begun to flow. When is she to... | |
 | 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 488
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 542
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 516
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 556
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 630
...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... | |
 | 1895 - عدد الصفحات: 844
...Armagh, Sligo, and Lincoln did adorn ; The first in direst bigotry surpassed ; The next in impndence, in both the last. The force of nature could no farther go, To beard the third, she shaved the other two. Qnotations arc indeed often sadly mangled. Mr. John Bright... | |
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