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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. "
The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with The journal of a tour to the ... - Page 33
by James Boswell - 1884
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O paraiso perdido: poema epico, Volume 2

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...could no further go : To make a third, she join'd thc former two. DRYDEW. Tres poetas, em tres remotos tempos, Houraram Grecia, Italia, ea Gran-Bretanha....
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Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. during the last twenty years of ...

Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - 250 pages
...hahebat Carmen grande sonans, Anglus utrumque lulil. Nil majus natura capit; clarare priores Qua; potuere duos, tertius unus habet : from the famous lines written...majesty ; in both the last. The force of nature could no farther go, To make a third she join'd the former two. One evening in the oratorio season of the year...
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The Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds, Volume 1

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,...
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Laconics: Or Instructive Miscellanies, Selected from the Best Authors ...

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,...the last. The force of Nature could no further go j To make a third she join'd the former two. INTENDED FOR SIR ISAAC NEWTON. In Westminster Abbey. Nature...
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Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Volume 1

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...
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Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Volume 1

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...
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Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Volume 2

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...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 2

Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...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...further go; To make a third, she join'd the former two. Under a portrait of Milton—Dryden. MLXXH. Must not that man be abandoned even to all manner of humanity,...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 2

John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...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...further go; To make a third, she join'd the former two. Under a portrait of Milton — Dryden. MLXXII. Must not that man be abandoned even to all manner of...
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Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory, Volume 2

English literature - 1830 - 542 pages
...should meet in the minds of the same individuals, anti-celtic prejudice, and pride of Celtic birth ! " The force of nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two." Yet, notwithstanding what we have said, we are far from feeling disrespect...
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