 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 pagina’s
...CLXIV. Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, ^ And view the ocean leaning on the sky i >-'^ From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. » CLXV. This I foretel, from your auspicious care, i,"S. Who great in search of God and Nature grow... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pagina’s
...Aadsometimes it issued inabsurdities, of which perhaps he was not conscious: Then we upon our orb's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky...we shall know, And on the lunar World securely pry. , ' wse lines have no meaning • but may we not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, Tis so... | |
 | 1801 - 416 pagina’s
...may gain, and all may be supply'd. CXI. IV. Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And view the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling...we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. CLXV. This I foretel, from your auspicious care, Who great in search of God and Nature grow; Who bestyour... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pagina’s
...sometimes it issued in absurdities, of which perhaps he was not conscious : Then we upon our orb's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky...we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. These lines have no meaning • but may we not say, in imitation of Cowley on another book, Tis so... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pagina’s
...danger; sif.ly. We upon our globe's last verge shall go, And view the ocean leaning on the sky; rrom thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world iccurely pry. DryJeo. - . ... f , ni/ in jet ur~e. i T^hc cause of safety ; protection; defence They,... | |
 | 1806 - 688 pagina’s
...issued in absurdities, of which perhaps lie, was conscious : Then we upon our orbs last verge shall g°, And see the ocean leaning on the sky, from thence...we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. These lines ferve ire meaning r fent majr w« not say in imitation of Cowfey on another hook, •TS»... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pagina’s
...Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And view the ocean leaning on the sky ; From tlienoe our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. Tins 1 foretel, from your auspicious care, Who great in search of God anil Nature grow; Who best your... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pagina’s
...these lines : ' Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, ' And see the ocean leaning on the sky; f From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know,...allow that there was one good pun in " Menagiana," I think on the word corps? 1 Dr. Johnson's memory here was not perfectly accurate : "« Eugenio" does... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pagina’s
...more exact measure of longitude. Dryden. 164. Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And view the ocean leaning on the sky: From thence our rolling...we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. 165. This I foretel from your auspicious care, * Who great in search of God and nature grow; Who best... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 476 pagina’s
...themselves are both poetical and expressive : ' Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And view the ocean leaning on the sky'; From thence our rolling...we shall know/ And on the lunar world securely pry. In short, Dryden never fails in the power of elegant expression, till he ventures upoit something which... | |
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Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. 
