 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 sivua
...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 a third, she join'd the former two.... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1837 - 462 sivua
...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 make a third, she join'd... | |
 | Henry Thompson - 1838 - 246 sivua
...Oppos'd to modesty, and genuine taste; 1 " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought...could no further go; To make a third, she join'd the other two." Yet, seek where'er you will, you'll never find A richer intellect — a loftier mind. Who... | |
 | Henry Thompson - 1838 - 444 sivua
...genuine taste ; See Vignette, chapter ii. " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn ; The first in loftiness of...could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the other two." Yet, seek where'er you will, you'll never find A richer intellect — a loftier mind. Who... | |
 | Reymond de Véricour, Louis Raymond de Véricour - 1838 - 448 sivua
...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 could no farlhêr go , To make a third , shejoined the former .two ! encore humides de la nouvelle composition... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1839 - 642 sivua
...the third was her son ; from that moment her eyeballs became as coals of fire, and she did not shed a The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The...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... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 sivua
...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 make a third, she join'd... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 546 sivua
...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 make a third, she join'd... | |
 | 1855 - 630 sivua
..." Paradise Lost," in the folio edition : " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn: The first in loftiness of thought...go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two." What height and depth of conception ! What vigour of expression ! How sound and critical the judgment... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 sivua
...thou so well hast learnt below. [On Hfilion.] Three poets, in three distant ages bom, Greece, Italy, ehe join'd the other two. To my Honoured Amman, Jo/i» Dryden, Esq. of Cha* terton, in tlie County... | |
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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. 
