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
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 536 páginas
...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. 1 Malone has suggested that these lines are an amplification... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1881 - 290 páginas
...Parliament— Colonels Sibthorp, Perceval, and Verner, was extremely ready, and produced a roar : " Three colonels, in three distant counties born, Lincoln,...both the last : The force of nature could no farther fc'o— To beard the third, she shaved the other two." • Two of these gentlemen looked as if they... | |
| George Henry Jennings - 1881 - 564 páginas
...Parliament, Colonels Sibt horp. Perceval, and Verner, was extremely ready, and produced a roar :— " Three colonels, in three distant counties born, Lincoln,...— in both, the last. The force of Nature could no further go — To beard the third, she shaved the other two." Two of these gentlemen looked as if they... | |
| 1881 - 692 páginas
...Verner, was extremely ready, and produced a roar : " Three colonels, in three distant counties bom, Lincoln, Armagh, and Sligo did adorn. The first in...— in both, the last. The force of Nature could no further goTo beard the third, she shaved the other two." Two of these gentlemen looked as if they never... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 524 páginas
...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. 1 Malone has suggested that those lines are an amplification... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1882 - 558 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 a third she joined the other two." 8. The Samson Agonistes has a peculiar interest, because it... | |
| 1883 - 672 páginas
...Lincoln did adora; The first in direct bigotry surpass'd, The next in impudence, in both the lust. The force of nature could no farther go, To beard the third she shaved the other two." The first two were strict shavers, whilst Col. Sibthorp wore a beard, which in O'Connell's time was... | |
| Clara L. Matéaux - 1883 - 344 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 a third she joined the former two." — Dryden. rfiHE Lady of Christ's College :" so the London... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 498 páginas
...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. ELEONORA. 'T'HESE virtues raised her fabric to the sky; J-... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 326 páginas
...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. ELEONORA. THESE virtues raised her fabric to the sky ; For... | |
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