 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.  Once a Week - Página 5241871Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Sir Jonah Barrington - 1854 - 590 páginas
...Cork, and Blarney, did adorn : In solemn surliness the first surpassed, The next in balderdash — in both the last: The force of nature could no farther go ; To make a third, she joined the former two!" Lord Yelverton, not expecting the lampoon to come in form... | |
 | Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1854 - 468 páginas
...refrain from joining — " Three Colonels in three distant counties born, Sligo, Armagh, and Lincoln did adorn. The first in matchless impudence surpassed,...— in both the last. The force of nature could no further go, To beard the third she shaved the other two." Like other politicians, O'Connell did not... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1856 - 720 páginas
...to the masters of song — " The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in tenderness — in both the last : The force of Nature could no farther go ; To make a third, she joined the other two." Mendelssohn's genius is of the very highest kind ; CHAP, there... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1858 - 478 páginas
...to the masters of song: 41 The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, «The next in tenderness — in both the last : The force of Nature could no farther go ; To make a third, she joined the other two." Mendelssohn's genius is of the very highest kind ; there is... | |
 | Richmal Mangnall - 1859 - 600 páginas
...Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpass'ci, 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. Christopher Marlowe, a dramatic poet, born 1565; died, 1593.... | |
 | Henry Bull - 1859 - 636 páginas
...happy county did at once adorn. The first in energy of thought surpassed; The next in tenderness ; in both the last. The force of nature could no farther go. To make one MOOBE, she joined the other two."1 The elder Mr. Salmon (mentioned in the above passage) died... | |
 | Henry Bull (of Devizes.) - 1859 - 642 páginas
...happy county did at once adorn. The first in energy of thought surpassed ; The next in tenderness ; in both the last. The force of nature could no farther go. To make one MooRi;, she joined the other two."1 The elder Mr. Salmon (mentioned in the above passage)... | |
 | Edward Litt L. Blanchard - 1860 - 336 páginas
...Greece, Italy, and 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 the third she join'd the other two." BEN JONSON (d. 1237'. This monument, which was not erected... | |
 | Joel Edson Rockwell - 1860 - 356 páginas
...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 the third she joined the other two." As we pass on, we pause to look in upon another ancient and... | |
 | 1864 - 670 páginas
...distant kges bom," to Colonels Sibthorp, Percival, and^Verner, is excessively good in its way — " Three Colonels, in three distant counties born, Lincoln,...impudence surpassed, The next in bigotry, — in both the la»t : The force of Nature could uo farther go> — To beard the third, she shaved the other two."... | |
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