 | 1783 - 1276 pages
...wifefl heads and nobleft hearts ! Notfuch ai Europe breeds inner decay ;— Snch as (he bred when frefh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets ihall be fung. Weftward the ftar of empire takes its way ; The four ii. .1 a£b already pad ; A fifth... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1783 - 504 pages
...wiiclt heads and nobleft hearts. Not fuch as Europe breeds in her decay ; Such as (he bred when frefli and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets (hall be fung. Weftward the courfe of empire takes its way ; The four firft aels already pad, A fifth... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 420 pages
...Sir Robert Walpole promised that 20,000 /. should be applied, under the direction of Dr, VOL. III. F Berkeley, for the completion of his plan ; and, to...departure, Dr. Berkeley entered into a marriage, on August 1, 1728, with Anne, the eldest daughter of John Forster.Esq. speaker of the Irish House of Commons.... | |
 | Johann Gottfried Herder - Aesthetics - 1806 - 432 pages
...empire and of arts, the good and great inspiring epic rage, the wisest heads and noblest hearts. Kot such as Europe breeds in her decay} such as she bred, when fresh and young, when heav'nly flame did animate her clay , by future poets shall by sung. Westward the course of empire... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1813 - 802 pages
...and sense, The pedantry of courts and schools, he concludes with the following stanza, Westward the course of empire takes its way : The four first acts...with the day, Time's noblest offspring is the last. These verses, the only poetry attributed to Berkeley, were first published in a Miscellany which i... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1814 - 404 pages
...The wisest heads and noblest hearts. * Vide Biographla Britannic*, vol. iu. Corrigenda prefixed. iNot such as Europe breeds in her decay, ' Such as she...departure, Dr. Berkeley entered into a marriage, on August 1, 1728, with Anne, the eldest daughter of John Forster, Esq. speaker of the Irish House of Commons.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 512 pages
...of empire and of arts. The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay ; Such as she...with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last. •^ persuasions as will keep one of the first men in this kingdom for learning and virtue quiet at... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 506 pages
...of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay ; Such as she...shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way : persuasions as will keep one of the first men in this kingdom for learning and virtue quiet at... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...up his residence at Newport, where his presence was a great relief to the resident clergyman, as he Not such as Europe breeds in her decay : Such as she...shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes it's way : The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1818 - 576 pages
...poetic prediction of Bishop BERKELEY : : , " Westward the course of empire takes its way, " The tour first acts already past; " A fifth shall close the...the day : " Time's noblest offspring is the last. - ' This will be a mighty revolution, noi brought about by wars, by violence, by injustice, but one... | |
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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. 
