 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.  Elocution: Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy - Strana 176autor/autoři: Charles P. Bronson - 1845 - 368 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1881 - 468 str.
...following in regard to Milton, while the great Epic Poet was still in " dim eclipse :" — " Three Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy and England...majesty ; in both the last. The force of nature could no farther go — To make a third, she joined the former two." The lines to Congreve are also generous,... | |
 | Joseph M. Levine - 1991 - 452 str.
...poems, as in Dryden's famous epigram that adorned the 1688 edition: Three Poets, in three different ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The...surpassed; The next in majesty; in both the last. To make a third, she joined the former two.17 Of course, the comparison had inspired Milton himself,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 str.
...dying. LiTB; OBEV; QFR; SeCV-2 Lines Printed under the Engraved Portrait of Milton 10 Three poets, at is else farther go; To make a third she joined the former two. (1. 1—6) ACP; HelP, InPK; OAEL-1; SeCV-2;... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1993 - 390 str.
...much truth as it is usual to find in such pointed criticism: On Milton Three poets in three different ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn The first in loftiness of soul surpassed, The next in majesty, in both the last. The force of nature could no further go; To... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - 1995 - 292 str.
...'Epigram' (1688), printed beneath Milton's portrait in Paradise Lost, ed. Jacob Tonson (i< Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England,...last. The force of nature could no further go; To make a third, she joined the former two. 38. Comment on Milton 1692 Question and Answer from Athenian... | |
 | Gerald M. MacLean - 1995 - 314 str.
...perhaps even literary histories of a slightly Whiggish cast,2 have so long determined 1 "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 cou'd no farther goe: / To... | |
 | William Riley Parker - 1996 - 708 str.
...poet laureate, in a conventionally extravagant epigram, who first made the nomination: Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England...last. The force of nature could no further go; To make a third, she joined the former two. When Dryden penned these lines for the 1688 folio edition... | |
 | Alexandre Beljame - 1998 - 528 str.
...Pvems, the second Sih'f, and the third Examen Poeticum. See my Bibliography, sv Dryden. " Three Pvets, in three distant Ages born, Greece, Italy and England did adorn. The First in lof1iness of thought Surpass Yl, The Next in Majesty ; in both the Last. The force of Nature couYl... | |
 | Richard Gameson, Nigel J. Morgan, D. F. McKenzie, Lotte Hellinga, John Barnard, Rodney M. Thomson, Joseph Burney Trapp, Maureen Bell, David McKitterick - 1998 - 964 str.
...Speeches.' Milton's epic had been given the status of a classic. Dryden commended Milton: 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 cou'dno farther goe: To make... | |
 | Suvir Kaul - 2000 - 358 str.
...brief "Lines on Milton" (1688) echo this sentiment and embody it in the figure of Milton: 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 cou'd no farther goe: To make... | |
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