 | William Cowper - 1851 - 790 Seiten
...distant ares born, tirei'Cf. IliUv. and England did adorn. The lir«t in loftjues* of thought curpass'd; The next in majesty, in both the last. The force of...further go. To make a third she joined the other two. liant subject. It is not when I will, nor upon what I will, but as a thought happens to occur to me... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1851 - 464 Seiten
...Armagh, and Sligo did adorn. • The first in matchless impudence surpassed, The next in bigotry—in both, the last. The force of nature could no further go— To beard the third, she shaved the other two." Two of these gentlemen looked as if they never needed a... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1852 - 348 Seiten
...distant ages born, Greece, Italy and England did adorn, The first in loftiness of thought surpnst, The next in majesty, in both the last; The force of...could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two."—Dryden. In the fifth verse Thomson promises to write such lyric poetry as were composed... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1852 - 796 Seiten
...Committee; but a Bill was drawn up and compounded of the two Bills, reminding him of the quotation — " The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third she joined the other two." That Bill was, he said, adopted by the Government, and received the sanction of his noble and learned... | |
 | 1853 - 748 Seiten
...wanted. — Who is the author of the following lines ? — " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn : The first in...could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two." Of course it is obvious who were the three poets, the greatest the world has produced.... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1853 - 344 Seiten
...Wilts' happy county did at once adorn. The first in energy of thought surpast, The next in tenderness, in both the last. The force of nature could no further go, To make one Moore, she joined the other two." 3rd. Sent off my article to Jeffrey. 4th to 6th. Worked at my... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1854 - 630 Seiten
...immediately following produced Dryden's well known epigram :— " Three poets, iu three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn : The first in...further go; To make a third she joined the other two." I cannot paiise to criticise this dictum, which, to say the least, is far less correct than pointed.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1854 - 324 Seiten
...umjactat utrique parem. Cowper translated Dryden's lines into Latin.] Poets in three distant ages born, J- Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first, in...could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two. ON THE MONUMENT OF A FAIR MAIDEN LADY, WHO DIED AT BATH, AND IS THERE INTERRED. [THE monument... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 Seiten
...distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England, did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed j The next in majesty ; in both the last ; The force...further go ; To make a third, she joined the other two " 41. Every Man the Architect of his own Fortune. " But chiefly the mould of a man's fortune is his... | |
 | John Dryden - 1854 - 344 Seiten
...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 ; i ON THE MONUMENT OF A PAIR MAIDEN LADY, WHO DIED AT BATH, AND IS THERE INTERRED.* BELOW this marble... | |
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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. 
