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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. "
The Life of John Milton: Containing, Besides the History of His Works ... - Page 119
by John Toland - 1761 - 259 pages
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The juvenile Plutarch, accounts of the lives of celebrated children ..., Part 2

1820 - 224 pages
...did adorn : The first in majesty of thought surpass'd, The next in gracefulness, in both the last. The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third she join'd the former two. Towards the close of 1639, he returned to England, which he found on the...
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The Juvenile Plutarch: Containing Accounts of the Lives of ..., Volume 2

1820 - 230 pages
...did adorn : The first in majesty of thought surpass'd, The next in gracefulness, in both the last. The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third she join'd the former two. Towards the close of 1639, he returned to England, which he found on the...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 11

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 pages
...did adorn. The first, in loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next, in majesty ; in both, the last. The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two. 8 ODES, SONGS, AND LYKICAL PIECES. VOL. XI. FAREWELL, FAIR ARMIDA. A SONG....
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 25

British poets - 1822 - 292 pages
...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 further go ; To make a third she join'd the former two. ON THC MONUMENT OF MAIIY FRAMPTON, A FAIR MAIDEN LADY, WHO DIED AT BATH,...
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O paraiso perdido: poema epico, Volume 2

John Milton - 1823 - 462 pages
...England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpast ; The next in majesty, in both the last. The force .of nature could no further go : To make a third, she join'd thc former two. DRYDEW. Tres poetas, em tres remotos tempos, Houraram Grecia, Italia, ea...
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Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Volume 1

Sir Jonah Barrington - 1827 - 522 pages
...did adorn : In solemn surliness the first surpass'd, The next in balderdash — in both the last : The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two ! Lord Yelverton, not expecting the lampoon to come in form of a letter,...
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Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Volume 1

Sir Jonah Barrington - 1827 - 266 pages
...did adorn : In solemn surliness the first surpass'd, The next in balderdash — in both the last : The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two ! Lord Yelverton, not expecting the lampoon to come in form of a letter,...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 2

Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...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 join'd the former two. Under a portrait of Milton—Dryden. MLXXH. Must not that man be abandoned...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 2

John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...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 join'd the former two. Under a portrait of Milton — Dryden. MLXXII. Must not that man be abandoned...
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Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory, Volume 2

1830 - 542 pages
...should meet in the minds of the same individuals, anti-celtic prejudice, and pride of Celtic birth ! " The force of nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two." Yet, notwithstanding what we have said, we are far from feeling disrespect...
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