 | Prince Hoare - Abolitionists - 1820 - 634 pages
...— By future poets shall be sung. " VI. Westward the course of empire takes its way: The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day :— Time's noblest offspring is the last." vrhere he conceived that, consequently, a general diffusion of the precepts contained in... | |
 | Henry Marie Brackenridge - Argentina - 1820 - 336 pages
...poetic prediction of Bishop BERKELEY. " Westward the course ef empire takes its way, The four first acts already past ; A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last." This will be a mighty revolution, not brought about by wars, by violence, by injustice;... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1820 - 496 pages
...S^^^^JJ^BBi**'""' " • IH u*l III \0* »!• * in -ri-Jr— j.jjjam.mii-T - ii— ' " •" The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last. A SERMON, PREACHED BEFORE THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 396 pages
...her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last. not expect from a Muse that sings so well in the bleak climate of England, if she felt the... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1822 - 340 pages
...though I shall suffer by the comparison. Westward the coarse of empire takes its way. The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day. Time's noblest offspring is the last. P. 289, 1. 2. The spoiler spoiled of all ; Cortes. A peine put-il obtenir audience de CharlesQuint... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 402 pages
...her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last. not expect from a Muse that sings so well in the bleak climate of England, if she felt the... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - New England - 1822 - 550 pages
...clay, By future poets sliall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way : The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest oSspring is the last. I know not how Bishop Berkley, if he were now alive, would be able to make his... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 392 pages
...her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; not expect from a Muse that sings so well in the bleak climate of England, if she felt the same warm... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - New England - 1823 - 540 pages
...her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way: The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last. I know not how Bishop Berkley, if he were now alive, would be able to make his peace with... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 602 pages
...her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last. Warton. or perhaps the art, of the ancients. Some among them, who understand English, begin... | |
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Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day — Time's noblest offspring is the last. 
