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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. "
Johann Gottfried von Herder's Sämmtliche Werke ... - Page 239
by Johann Gottfried Herder - 1806
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 424 pages
...as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way;...acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last. During the preparations for his departure, Dr. Berkeley...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 420 pages
...as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way...acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last. During the preparations for his departure, Dr. Berkeley...
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The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature, Volume 7

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 already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day, Time's noblest offspring is the last. These verses, the only poetry attributed to Berkeley,...
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Epistolary correspondence. Letters from August 1714, to September 1724

Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 512 pages
...as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way...acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last. •^ persuasions as will keep one of the first men...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 6

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pages
...flame did animate her clay, By future poets 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 offspring is the last.' * The very day before he sailed, in the midst of all...
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The Works of George Berkeley, Volume 3

George Berkeley - 1820 - 496 pages
...as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way...acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last. . A SERMON, PREACHED BEFORE THE PROPAGATION OF THE...
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Memoirs of Granville Sharp, Esq

Prince Hoare - 1820 - 634 pages
...young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay — 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...
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Voyage to South America, Volume 1

Henry Marie Brackenridge - 1820 - 334 pages
...attraction to the whole world. We shall then verify the poetic prediction of 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...
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Voyage to South America, Volume 2

Henry Marie Brackenridge - 1820 - 336 pages
...whole world. We shall then verify the 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...
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The Works of George Berkeley, Volume 3

George Berkeley - 1820 - 496 pages
...its wav 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...
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