 | 1820 - 224 pages
...Dryden's celebrated epigram, constantly prelixed to ParaK '2 disc Lost, is little more than a translation. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England, did adorn : The first in majesty of thought surpass'd, The next in gracefulness, in both the last. The force of nature could... | |
 | Martin M'Dermot - 1820 - 1058 pages
...three distant ages born, Greece, Italy1, and England ilkl adorn, The first in loftiness of thought The next in majesty, in both the last, The force of nature could no longer go, To make a third she joined tile former two. in a word, an opinion so glaringly inconsistent... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 pages
...mhile at Rome : Grtecia Mreonidem, jactet sibi Roma Maronem, Anglia Miltonum jactat utrique parem. 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 462 pages
...FIRMINO UIDOT, IMPRESSOR UO REI, RUA JACOB, N' l/;. i8a3. Three poets, in three distant ages boro, 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 further go : To make... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - 250 pages
...priores Qua; potuere duos, tertius unus habet : from the famous lines written under Milton's picture : Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...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 a... | |
 | Frederick Reynolds - 1826 - 466 pages
...ease and elegance of the present Countess of Derby, all the rich, natural humour of Mrs. Jordan: — " The force of nature could no further go, To make a third, shcjoin'd the former two." The next night we visited the Theatre Italien, and saw Dugazon perform Matilda,... | |
 | Sir Jonah Barrington - Biography - 1827 - 522 pages
...Melic, Cork, and Blarney did adorn : In solemn surliness the first surpass'd, The next in balderdash — in both the last : The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two ! Lord Yelverton, not expecting the lampoon to come in form of a letter, was greatly diverted ; it... | |
 | Sir Jonah Barrington - Ireland - 1827 - 266 pages
...Melic, Cork, and Blarney did adorn : In solemn surliness the first surpass'd, The next in balderdash — in both the last : The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two ! Lord Yelverton, not expecting the lampoon to come in form of a letter, was greatly diverted; it was... | |
 | Sir Jonah Barrington - Ireland - 1827 - 504 pages
...Cork, and Blarney did adorn : In solemn surliness the first surpass'd, The next in baldcrikuh—in both the last: The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two ! Lord Yelverton, not expecting the lampoon to come in form of a letter, was greatly diverted; it was... | |
 | General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...Muse in marble might express, Is known already: Praise would make him less. Pope's Works. ON MILTON. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...England, did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpast — The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go j To make... | |
| |
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. 
