 | Giles Jacob - 1723 - 378 pagina’s
...England d,d adorn. T"he frfl in Lcftixefs cf thought furpaft : "The next in Mjjefty ; m loth ' the Laft. The Force of Nature could no farther go ; To make a "Third, Jjje joind the former Two. N"C; vfri y>/, $?", *•"'£ vc .v". y/ \v^ .v'/: s"-x yt V"'. •*""•... | |
 | 1735 - 286 pagina’s
...England did adorn : The firft, in loftinefs of thought furpaft ; The next, in majefty ; in both the laft. The force of nature could no farther go ; To make a third, fhejoin'dthe former two. LXXII. To S i L vi A, reading St. BKRNAR v's Lift. 5 -y WAS well for Bernard,... | |
 | John Hackett - 1757 - 306 pagina’s
...England did adorn : The Fir/1 in Loftinefs of Thought furpaft ; The next in MajeJIy ; in bath, the Loft. The Force of Nature could no farther go ; To make a Third, fhe join'dthe/or/wr Two. However, this Infcription introduced the Auditor into the Dumiad ; . • On... | |
 | 1788 - 742 pagina’s
...England, did adorn : The firfl in dignity of thought furpail ; The n-xl m'majejly — 'wboth the lift: The force of nature could no farther go — To make a third, fhe— -joind the former two." //id yel this moft celebrated poem, which, hart it been written in ihcfc... | |
 | Samuel Whyte - 1795 - 638 pagina’s
...England did adorn. .The firft in loftinefs of thought furpafs'd; The next in majefty; in both the laft. The force of nature could no farther, go ; To .make a third She join'd the former two. I)u YOE ..- , This is a gem of a fine water 5 and tho' the thought, as obferved,... | |
 | William Butler - 1795 - 242 pagina’s
...did adorn. The firft in majelly of thought furp?fs'd, The next in gracefulnefs : in both I'.1e laft. The force of nature could no farther go, To make a third, file join'd the other two. DRYDEN. The late Dr. Johnfon, though he was ftrongly prejudiced againft... | |
 | 1795 - 1334 pagina’s
...adorn :. Henley in care of fouls difplay'd his fkill, Rock flione in phyfic, and in both John H— II ; The force of nature could no farther go, To make a third, (he join'd the former two. Flejlritf. Ver. 119. The hypnotic, or foporiferous quality of Hillario's... | |
 | James Hardie - 1802 - 486 pagina’s
...adorn, "The first in majesty of thought surpass'd, The next in gracefulness : in both the last, Toe force of nature could no farther go ; To make a third she join'd the other tivo>" Milton returned to England, in 1639, and hired lodgings, in Fleet-street, London,... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 pagina’s
...contemporaries, and yet has since been placed at the head of English classic literature by Dryden : — " Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy and England did adorn, Homer in loftiness of thought surpass'd, Virgil in majesty, in both the last." " And ever against eating... | |
 | 1803 - 444 pagina’s
...FranceJ, Italy§, and England did adorn ; The first in elegance of mind surpast; The next in loveliness ; in both the last : The force of nature could no farther go, To make a third, she join'd the other two. ADMIRATOR. • Her last words were these : " I am sure to die :— God bless... | |
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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 farther go ; To make a third she joined the former two. 
