 | William Butler - Arithmetic - 1811 - 548 pages
...rtid adorn. The firft in majefty of thought furpafs'd, The next in gracefulnefs : in both the laft. The force of nature could no further go, To make a third Die join'd the other two. DRYDEN. The late Dr. Johnfon, though he was. ftrongly prejudiced againft... | |
 | Epigrams - 1812 - 156 pages
...like a true modern spouse, — For she fled from his arms — to distinguish his brtnvs. CCI. MILTON. Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the other t-wo. CC. ccu. « On being advised to marry, Sir, you are prudent, good, and wise : I own, and... | |
 | 1813 - 670 pages
...with Homer and Virgil, vi<5, author a rank among the great ornaments of the pulpit, to which * that f' The force of nature could no further go, To make a third, she joined the other two," Panegyric so rash and extravagant as this, we have not before, we believe, hud... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 524 pages
...instrumental music." His character as a poet is given in the following lines, written by Dryden under his picture : ' Three poets, in three distant ages born,...; 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;... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 pages
...Italy, and England, did adorn : The first in loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next in majesty; i» both the. last: The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join d the former two. IN these pointed and nervous lines of Dryden, the characters of the three great... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...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 other two. On the Duchess of Marlborough' s Offer o/MOi.... | |
 | 1820 - 224 pages
...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 no further go ; To make a third she join'd the former two. Towards the close of 1639, he returned to England, which he found on the brink of a civil war. In the... | |
 | Biography - 1820 - 230 pages
...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 no further go ; To make a third she join'd the former two. Towards the close of 1639, he returned to England, which he found on the brink of a civil war. In the... | |
 | 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
...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...further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two. 8 ODES, SONGS, AND LYKICAL PIECES. VOL. XI. FAREWELL, FAIR ARMIDA. A SONG. This Song was written on... | |
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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. 
