 | Philip Wharton Duke of Wharton - 1723 - 704 pàgines
...and High, The World knows ml y Two, that's ROME and / My Roof receives UK i:ot. "Tis Air I tread j And at each Step^ I feel my' advanced Head Knock out a Sur in Heaven ! Rear'd to this Height, All my Defircs fcein MoJeft, <Poor and Slight % That did before... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 780 pàgines
...my wishes. Great and high, The world knows only two, that 's Korne and I. My roof receives me not ; 'tis air I tread: And, at each step, I feel my advanced head Knock out a star in heav'n ! rear'd to this height, Act 5.] THE FALL OF SEJANUS. All in v desires seem modest, poor, and... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 518 pàgines
...my wishes." Great and high, The world knows only two, that's Rome and I. My roof receives me not ; 'tis air I tread ; And, at each step, I feel my advanced head Knock out a star in heaven ! rear'd to this height, All my desires seem modest, poor, and slight, That did before sound impudent... | |
 | Art - 1825 - 408 pàgines
...says, " — — Great and high The world knows only two, that's Rome and I ; My house receives me not, 'tis air I tread, And at each step I feel my advanced head Strike out a star from heaven——" Now if great height is expressive of magnanimity, why does not... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 pàgines
...minister say, Great and higl The world known only two, that'» Rome and I. My roof receives me not : 'tis air I tread. And at each step I feel my advanced head Knock out a star in heaven. A writer who has no natural elevation of genius is extremely apt to deviate into bombast. He strains... | |
 | 1834 - 464 pàgines
...projects, exclaim, Great and high, The world knows only two, that's Rome arid I , My roof receives me not ; 'tis air I tread ; And, at each step, I feel my advanced head Knock out a star in heaven " ! Flatman, a now neglected poet of the reign of Charles II., wrote a touching ode upon the subject... | |
 | 1846 - 512 pàgines
...Sejanus say — " Great and high The world knows only two, that's Rome and I. My roof receives me not; 'tis air I tread, And at each step I feel my advanced head Knock out a star in heaven." • \ * . But the doomed seekers after truth are fated to feel at each advanced step in knowledge of... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1857 - 470 pàgines
...this fault. " G r< «t and high The world knows only two, that's Rome and L My roof receives mo not; 'tis air I tread, And at each step I feel my advanced head Knock ont a star in heaven. 11 BEX JONSOH. Sgantit, Act V. Give way, and let the gashing torrent come; Behold... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1859 - 378 pàgines
...himself:— " Great and high, The world knows only two — that's Rome and I. My roof receives me not, 'tis air I tread, And at each step I feel my advanced head Knock out a star in heaven ! " This prodigious fellow was of the same kidney as the heroical lion, " Who roar'd so loud, and looked... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1859 - 512 pàgines
...The world knows only .two, that's Romo nnd I. My roof receives mo not; 'tis air I tread, And at euch step I feel my advanced head Knock out a star in heaven. — Oyanus, Sen Jomon, Act V. A writer who has no natural elevation of mind, deviates readily into... | |
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Great and high, The world knows only two, that's Rome and I. My roof receives me not ; 'tis air I tread ; And, at each step, I feel my advanced head Knock out a star in heaven... 
