 | Edward Everett - 1840 - 440 pages
...prelate of England, who bestowed his benefactions, as well as blessings, on our Country ; "Westward the course of Empire takes its way ; The four first acts...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... | |
 | 1840 - 288 pages
...Masonic aspect, the famous prediction of Bishop Berkeley : " Westward the coarse of empire takes it way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall...with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last." THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER in the chair : At the conclusion of a paper we are always glad to hear any remarks... | |
 | 1840 - 554 pages
...on our country, " Westward the star of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, The fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last " * Milton's Defensio Secunda, In that high romance, if romance it be, in which the great minds of... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1841 - 40 pages
...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." THE END. FORNIA LIBRARY ... | |
 | 1841 - 435 pages
...of empires 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...poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire bends its way— The four first acts "already past, A fifth shall close the drama and the day ; Time's... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1841 - 456 pages
...decay, Such as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay , By future ages shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes...the day, — Time's noblest offspring is the last. IV. — PASE 10. REFERENCE TO DEBATES IN THE BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS IN WHICH OGLETHORPE TOOK A FART.... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1841 - 366 pages
...— The good and great inspiring epic rage — The wisest heads and noblest hearts. » Westward the course of empire takes its way. The four first acts...with the day. Time's noblest offspring is the last." To free schools and colleges the periodical press had been added, and newspapers began their office... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1841 - 466 pages
...of empire and of arts; The good and great inspiring epic page, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay, Such as she...When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future ages shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way, — The four first acts already past,... | |
 | 1841 - 436 pages
...of empires 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...young, "When heavenly flame did animate her clay, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama and the day; By future poets shall... | |
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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. 
