 | James M. Jasper - 2009 - 328 oldal
...and schools . . . 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. —Bishop George Berkeley The American writer inhabits a country at once the dream of Europe and a... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - 772 oldal
...Berkeley declared, 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 the last.33 America came to be identified with the future the French-born author J. Hector St John de Crevecoeur... | |
 | Ned C. Landsman - 2000 - 244 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.5 Berkeley's description of a westward course of empire helped provincial Americans articulate... | |
 | Ian Carter - 2001 - 362 oldal
...America ( 1 683): 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 the last. Stevenson makes his Spenglerian point through colour, comparing mornings at home and abroad. There... | |
 | Gamal Morsi - 2001 - 310 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.« 454 "Brief von Benjamin Franklin an Charles Wilson Peale, 4. July 1771", zitiert nach: P. Freese (ed.),... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - 776 oldal
...Berkeley declared, 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 the last. 33 America came to be identified with the future - the French-born author J. Hector St John de Crevecoeur... | |
 | Frank Trommler, Elliott Shore - 2001 - 372 oldal
...begins as follows: 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. Berkeley, a proper patriot, was referring to the British in America as time's noblest offspring. Friedrich... | |
 | Gabriel R. Ricci, Paul Edward Gottfried - 116 oldal
...poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its sway; The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last* During the Revolution, "A Poem on the Rising Glory of America," written by two Princeton seniors, Hugh... | |
 | William A. Shutkin - 2001 - 300 oldal
...Learning in America: 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 the last.2 The sheer size of the Rocky Mountain states has afforded the unique opportunity to live close... | |
 | Joseph J. Ellis - 2002 - 276 oldal
...poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its sway; The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last. 9 Berkeley's imagery rested on several key assumptions worthy of notice because they were shared by... | |
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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. 
