 | James Boswell - 1785 - 548 strani
...obferved a family could not expert a poet but in a hundred generations — " Nay (faid Dr. Johnfon) not one family in a. hundred can expect a poet in...repeated Dryden's celebrated lines, Three poets in three diftant ages born, Sic. and a part of a Latin tranflation of it done at Oxford *: he did not then fay... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 strani
...be such another. I observed, a family could not expect a poet but in a hundred generations. ' Nay, (said Dr. Johnson,) not one family in a hundred can...lines, ' Three poets in three distant ages born,' &c. and a part of a Latin translation of it done at Oxford' : he did not then say by whom. He received... | |
 | 1804 - 512 strani
...TP TO; . 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,...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, a considerable part of which... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 strani
...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,...force of nature could no further go : To make a third, she join'd the other two.* DRÏDEN > Misccll.-.nies. * Si une nation pouvait se vanter d'avoir * Trois... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 496 strani
...such another. I observed, a family could not expect a poet but in a hundred generations. — " Nay, (said Dr. Johnson,) not one family in a hundred can...celebrated lines, Three poets in three distant ages born, &c. and a part of a Latin translation of it done at Oxford* : he did not then say by whom. He received... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 strani
...throne, Trace the dark paths of Providence Divine, " And justify the ways of God to man." FC 1610. THREE poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...majesty; in both, the last. The force of Nature could no farther go: To make a third, she join'dthe former two». TO MR. JOHN HILTON, OH HIS POEM ENTITLED PARADISE... | |
 | James Boswell - 1810 - 438 strani
...such another. I observed, a family could not expect a poet but in a hundred generations. — " Nay, (said Dr. Johnson,) not one family in a hundred can...a hundred generations." He then repeated Dryden's gelebrated lines, Three poets in three distant ages born, &c. and a part of a Latin translation of... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 strani
...censure blaze ; But, faith ! tis all in vain we do, The world nor credits me nor you. Milton. DRYDBN. THREE poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...majesty, in both the last. The force of Nature could no farther go : To make a third, she join'd the other two. On the Duchess of Marlborough' s Offer o/MOi.... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 strani
...which they can be thrown. JOHN MILTON. Born 1608.—Died 1674. From 5th James /., to 2.5th Charles II. Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next in majesty; i» both the. last: The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join d the former... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 strani
...mhile at Rome : Grtecia Mreonidem, jactet sibi Roma Maronem, Anglia Miltonum jactat utrique parem. THREE poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...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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Three poets in three distant ages born, 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 further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two... 
