 | John Milton - 1851 - 554 דפים
...Dryden was by no means extravagant in the praise which he bestowed upon it in his well-known lines ; " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...majesty ; in both the last. The force of nature could no further go : To make a third, she joined the other two." Its praise is often on the lips of every man... | |
 | 1851 - 502 דפים
...the following passage, and parse the, words printed in italics. To what three poets does it refer ? Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...majesty, in both the last ,The force of nature could no further go, To mahe a third she joined the other two. (Drydeu. SECTION IV.—Paraphrase one of the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 410 דפים
...hundred can expect a poet in a hundred generations." He then repeated Dryden's celebrated lines, " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...majesty ; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the other two." and a part of a Latin translation of it done... | |
 | 1851 - 492 דפים
...and on the outside of the church, a tablet with the following inscription has been placed ; — •' Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...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... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 דפים
...Italy, and England did adorn. 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 thud, she joined the other two. From Florence, Milton passed through Sierra, to Rome, and remained... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 790 דפים
...distant ares born, tirei'Cf. IliUv. and England did adorn. The lir«t in loftjues* of thought curpass'd; The next in majesty, in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go. To make a third she joined the other two. liant subject. It is not when I will, nor upon... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852 - 412 דפים
...hundred can expect a poet in a hundred generations." He then repeated Dryden's celebrated lines, " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...thought surpassed ; The next in majesty ; in both the kst. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the other two." and a part... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1852 - 348 דפים
...horror that and thilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.' " Answer 9th.— " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy...England did adorn, The first in loftiness of thought surpnst, The next in majesty, in both the last; The force of nature could no further go, To make a... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1852 - 734 דפים
...Greece, England, and Italy did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpast; The next in beauty; in both the last. The force of nature could no farther go; To form a third, she joined the former two. But in this new world and vigorous climate, we may yet equal,... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1913 - 972 דפים
...truth as it is usual to find in such pointed criticism: "Ox MILTON "Three poets in three different ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of soul surpassed, The next in majesty, in both the last. The force of nature could no further go; To... | |
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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. 
