 | Old Humphrey - 1799 - 372 стор.
...moulders. Dryden's lines on the three great poets, Homer, Virgil, and Milton, are well known : " Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, 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... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 стор.
...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 стор.
...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 :—... | |
 | 1804 - 512 стор.
.... H ^u<ri5 c! OTforsf e; a>w nfyvacura, /AEW/VOT, Tov Tf iron (ts^arrEn, TS<TW The Original. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and...; in both, the last. The force of nature could no further go, To make a third she join'd the former two. L 3 His thoughts were next turned to a poem,... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 стор.
...l'expression. Dryden me paraît avoir écouté l'orgueil national plus que la justice, quand il a dit : 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 join'd the other two.* DRÏDEN > Misccll.-.nies. * Si une nation... | |
 | 1806 - 408 стор.
...Can Stuart or Nassau claim higher? Under MILTON'S PICTURE, before kis PARADISE LOST. (DRYDEN.J THRKE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'dj The next, in majesty; in both the last. The pow'r of Nature could no further go; To make... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 стор.
...Dryden me paraît avoir écouté l'orgueil national plus que la justice , quand il a dit : , , Three poets , in three distant ages born , Greece , Italy...England did adorn : The first in loftiness of thought surpass'dr The next in ma jesty , in both the last. The force of nature could no further go : To make... | |
 | 1806 - 274 стор.
...captain, I'd put on gay looks, " If the judge and the jury to try me were cooks." CCXLVIII. MILTON. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and...England did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpast ; The next in majesty — in both the last. The force of Nature could no farther go ; To make... | |
 | 1806 - 224 стор.
...epigram, constantly prefixed to Para» John Milton. disc Lost, is little more than a translation : Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, 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... | |
 | Select collection - 1806 - 262 стор.
...satisfy'd, Thank' d heav'n that he hadliv'd, and that he dy'd. * This plain floor ON JOHN MILTOX. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn : Thejint in loftiness of thought surpast ; The next in majesty ; in both the last. The force of nature... | |
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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. 
