 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 farther go; To make a third she join'd the former two.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Seite 1851827Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Whyte - 1795 - 638 Seiten
...firft in loftinefs of thought furpafs'd; The next in majefty; in both the laft. The force of nature could no farther, go ; To .make a third She join'd the former two. I)u YOE ..- , This is a gem of a fine water 5 and tho' the thought, as obferved, be not abfolutely... | |
 | Select collection - 1806 - 262 Seiten
...Thejint in loftiness of thought surpast ; 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. The remains of Milton were interred in the church of St. Giles, Cripplegate, and his ulm quies were... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 524 Seiten
...first in loftiness of thought surpast; 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.' In his politics, he was a thorough republican; having probably imbibed his principles from the Greek... | |
 | 1827 - 944 Seiten
...deep passion of Rousseau, with the sarcastic powers of the Bard of Ferney. Onemightreallyapplytohim the well-known lines — " Nature, exhausted, could...within a mile or two of Vevay ; and on approaching theshore,thehigh-road,( which closely skirts it) presented a truly singular spectacle. Circumscribed,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 Seiten
...first in loftiness of thought surpass'«!, The neit in dignity, in both the last, The force of nature could no farther go To make a third, she join'd the former two. DRYDEV. LONDON : PUBLISHED BY JONES & COMPANY S, ACTON PLACE, KINGSLAND ROAD. l CONTENTS. Alt» ÍAKADISE... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - 250 Seiten
...first in loftiness of thought surpast, 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. One evening in the oratorio season of the year 1771, Mr. Johnson went with me to Covent-Garden theatre;... | |
 | Joe Miller - 1836 - 266 Seiten
...first in loftiness of thought surpast ; 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. Written in the leaves of a Fan. BY DR. ATTERBURY, A LATE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER. Flavia the least and... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 462 Seiten
...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 the former two. ' The princess of Wales. [Ed.] 1 Alexander Hume Campbell, member of parliament for Berwick, and lord... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1837 - 462 Seiten
...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 make a third, she join'd the former two. 1 The princess of Wales, [Ed.] Indeed, we have wanted such an entertainment to enliven and make the... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1839 - 642 Seiten
...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 yet begun to flow. When is she to have redress ? She is to... | |
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