 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1839 - 642 pages
...eyeballs became as coals of fire, and she did not shed a The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next, in majesty . in both the last. The force...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... | |
 | 1840 - 516 pages
...Italy, and England did adoru. The first in majesty of thought surpassed, The next in gracefulness ; — in both, the last. The force of nature could no farther go, To make a third she joined the other two." The fog seems to increase, and every distant object is hidden, or appears very... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 pages
...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 the former two." Indeed, we have wanted such an entertainment to enliven and make the fatigue supportable. We sat on... | |
 | 1840 - 488 pages
...The first in majesty of thought surpassed, The next in gracefulness ; — in both, the last. Th€ force of nature could no farther go, To make a third she joined the other two." •The fog seems to increase, and every distant object is hidden, or appears... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...and England did adorn : The first in loftiness of thought surpassed ; The second in dignity ; in hoth the last. The force of nature could no farther go ; To make the third, she joined the former two." In 1688, a folio edition, under the patronage of the famous... | |
 | 1855 - 630 pages
...distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn: The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd; er Their account without dismay further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two." What height and depth of conception ! What... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...distant ages bom, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd, y , further go ; To make a third, ehe join'd the other two. To my Honoured Amman, Jo/i» Dryden, Esq. of... | |
 | 1895 - 844 pages
...Armagh, Sligo, and Lincoln did adorn ; The first in direst bigotry surpassed ; The next in impndence, in both the last. The force of nature could no farther go, To beard the third, she shaved the other two. Qnotations arc indeed often sadly mangled. Mr. John Bright... | |
 | 1876 - 818 pages
...Dryden : — " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn ; The lint in loftiness of thought surpast ; The next in majesty ; in both the last. The force of nature could no further go, To make a third she j oin'd the other two : ' ' a rather fanciful epitaph ; after the fashion,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...distant ages horn, 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. Dryden. III. HOPE. THE wretch, condemned with... | |
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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. 
