 | Henry Marie Brackenridge - 1820 - 334 oldal
...Bishop BERKELEY. " 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." This will be a mighty re volution, not brought about by wars, by violence, by injustice; but one, in... | |
 | 1917 - 1008 oldal
...Bishop Berkeley : " Westward the course of empire takes its way ; the first four acts already past, a fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is its last." Yes, we have something to hope and live for, thanks to Woodrow Wilson ! God bless and preserve... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1822 - 340 oldal
...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 - 396 oldal
...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 same warm... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 402 oldal
...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 same warm... | |
 | Sarah Wentworth Morton - 1823 - 328 oldal
...the above song, is in allusion to Bishop Berkley's prophecy:— " Westward the course of Empire bends its way, " The four first acts already past, -- The fifth shall close the drama of the day, " Time's noblest offspring is the last." NOTE (1) Page 229. The atrocious Lord Rochester... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1823 - 540 oldal
...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 your Reviewers.... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1824 - 48 oldal
...the generous prelate of England, who bestowed his benefactions, as well as blessings, on our country. Westward the Star of Empire takes its way; The four...with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last. In that high romance, if romance it be, in which the great minds of antiquity sketched the fortunes... | |
 | Adam Hodgson - 1824 - 496 oldal
...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." At the distance of 12 miles from Newport, we waited for the Providence stage, in a country tavern,... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 782 oldal
...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." Thus, half a century before the folly of Britain had begun to alienate the provinces of America, Hid... | |
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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. 
