| Joe Miller - 1836 - 266 pages
...can no longer scold — she cries. On Milton. BY MR. DRVDEN. Three poets, in three distant ages horn, Greece, Italy, and 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... | |
| Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 462 pages
...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...first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in language, but in both the last: The pow'r of nature could no farther go ; To make a third, she join'd... | |
| John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pages
...10 come His pious widow consecrates this tomb. UNDER MR. MILTON'S PICTURE BEFORE HIS PARADISE LOST. 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. MONUMENT OF A FAIR MAIDEN LADY, WHO DIED AT BATH,... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1837 - 462 pages
...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 pow'r of nature could no farther go; To... | |
| John Dryden - 1837 - 478 pages
...tomh. UNDER MR. MILTON'S PICTURE BEFORE HIS PARADISE LOST. THREE poets in three distant ages horn, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first, in loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next, in majesty ; in hoth the hut. The force of nature could no further go ; To make... | |
| Hannah More - 1838 - 472 pages
...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... | |
| Henry Thompson - 1838 - 452 pages
...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... | |
| Reymond de Véricour, Louis Raymond de Véricour - 1838 - 448 pages
...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 - 642 pages
...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... | |
| Edwin Sidney - 1839 - 580 pages
...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... | |
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