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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 first four books of Milton's Paradise lost; with notes, by C.W. Connon

John Milton - 1855 - 202 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 joined the other two." DRYDs.X. ARGUMENT. This first book proposes first (in brief) the whole subject,...
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A Collection of Familiar Quotations: With Complete Indices of Authors and ...

John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 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 joined the former two. JOHN BUNYAN. 1628-1688. Apology for his Book. And so I penned It down, until...
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Laconics: Or the Best Words of the Best Authors ...

John Timbs - 1856 - 374 pages
...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 jcin'd the former two. Under a portrait of Milton — Dry den. MLXXII. Must not that man he abandoned...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 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 other two. VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS, 1 L^\' Paraphrased from the Latin Hymn. Creator Spirit,...
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Laconics, Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors: In Three Volumes, Volume 2

1856 - 372 pages
...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 — Dry den. MLXXIL Must not that man be abandoned...
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Class Book of Poetry: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English ...

John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 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 joined the other two. PRIOft. THE reign of Queen Anne was at one time styled the Augustan age of...
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The English Journal of Education, Volumes 11-13

1857 - 1266 pages
...then been perfected by the great Bach, whose works are almost as little known as those of Purcell. " The force of nature could no further go : To make a third she joined the former two." Handel united the English and the German styles, and was also influenced...
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American Notes and Queries. V. 1, No. 1-4; Jan. 1-Apr. 1, 1857, Volume 1

1857 - 196 pages
...adorn : Henley in cure of souls displayed bis skill, Rock sl,mm in physic, and in both John Hill ; The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the other two." Notwithstanding all that could be said against him, opposition did not retard...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 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 other two. Come, and thy sacred unction bring To sanctify us, while we sing. Plenteous...
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Gleanings from the Harvest Fields of Literature: A Melange of Excerpta ...

Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1860 - 538 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, sho joined the former twe. t The following madrigal was addressed to a Laneastrian lady, and accompanied...
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