 | 1727 - 300 страница
...did adorn : The firft, in loftinefs of thought furpaft ; The next, in majefty ; in both, the laft. The force of nature could no farther go ; .To make a third, the join'd the former two. LXXXII. To SYLVIA, reading St. BERNARD'.? Life. ?~T^WAS well for Bernard,... | |
 | John Hackett - 1757 - 306 страница
...England did adorn : The Flrji in Loftinefs of Thought furpaft ; The next in Majejty ; in both, the Loft. The Force of Nature could no farther go ; To make a Third, fhe join'd the former Two. However, this Infcription introduced the Auditor nto the Dumiad ; Milton... | |
 | John Milton - 1767 - 448 страница
...England did adorn. The firft in loftinefs of thought furpaft ; The nest, in Majefty ; in both, the laft. The force of Nature could no farther go : To make a third fhe join'd the former two." -- " Every greatly amiable mufe « Of elder ages in thy Milton met. ' His... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 558 страница
...generations." He then repeated Dry den's celebrated lines, " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and 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... | |
 | Samuel Whyte - 1795 - 638 страница
...England did adorn. The firil in loftineis of thought furpafs'd; The next in majefty; in both the laft. The force of nature could no farther go ; To make a third fhe join'd the former two. DI^Y.DEN* This is a gem of a fine water j and tho' the thought, as obferved,... | |
 | William Butler - 1795 - 242 страница
...England did adorn. The firil in majeity of thought furp?fs'd, The next in gracefulnefs: in both the laft. The force of nature could no farther go, To make a third, file join'd the other two. DRYDEN. The late Dr. Johnfon, though he was ftrongly prejudiced againft... | |
 | James Hardie - 1802 - 486 страница
...did adorn, 1'be first in majesty of thought surpass'd. The next in gracefulness : in both the last t The force of nature could no farther go ; To make a third she join'd the other tivo*" Milton returned to England, in 1639, and hired lodgings, in Fleet-street, London,... | |
 | 1803 - 444 страница
...FranceJ, Italy§, and England did adorn; The first in elegance of mind surpast; The next in loveliness ; in both the last: The force of nature could no farther go, To make a third, she join'd the other two. ADMIRATOR. * ELEGY ON THOMAS DERMODY. WHERE frowns yon hill with beetling brow,*... | |
 | 1804 - 512 страница
...nfyvacura, /AEW/VOT, Tov Tf iron (ts^arrEn, TS<TW The Original. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and 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... | |
 | James Hardie - 1805 - 496 страница
...Italy and England did attorn, The first in majesty of thought surpass'd, The next in gracefulness: in both the last, The force of nature could no farther go ; To make a third sbe join'd the other two." Milton returned to England, in 1639, and hired lodgings, in Fleet-street,... | |
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THREE Poets, in three distant ages bom, 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 a third, she joined the former two. 
