| 1907 - 452 pągines
...the keeping of future years. The poet referring to the nation in the western lands says: 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. And do we err if... | |
| James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1888 - 832 pągines
...of which arc familiar to all who know the history of education in the new world: •• 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." I BERGIN These lines... | |
| Philip D. Curtin - 1964 - 260 pągines
...process had been similar—if non-racial—and it would continue at least one more step. 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. Not so for Arnold—England's... | |
| Verlyn Klinkenborg, Herbert Cahoon, Pierpont Morgan Library - 1981 - 274 pągines
...of apocalpyse in his poem "On the Prospect of Planting Arts and 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. In 1728, two years... | |
| David Lowenthal - 1985 - 522 pągines
...virtues: Not such as Europe breeds in her decay Such as she bred when fresh and young * * * Westward the course of Empire takes its way The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day The world's great effort is the last.202 America's early... | |
| Steven Weisenburger - 1988 - 364 pągines
...poem, "Verses on the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America" (1752), declares: 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. This was the ancient... | |
| Peter Walmsley - 1990 - 236 pągines
...was to turn his own hand to poetry to express his aspirations for the Bermuda project. 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. (VII. 373) This aspect... | |
| Steven Weisenburger - 1995 - 340 pągines
...Learning in America" (1752) neatly state the main idea West seems to have had in mind: 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. Berkeley's five-act,... | |
| Annis Boudinot Stockton - 1995 - 366 pągines
...fresh and young, When heav'nly Flame did animate her Clay, By future Poets shall be sung. 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. For Berkeley and... | |
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pągines
...frame of the world - have not any subsistence without a mind. 1072 Oratlon at Plymouth Westward the 3 r 5 6 7 8 : ; < = > ? @ A \ ] ^ _ ` a b I J K L U V W X Q R S A fifth shall close the drama with the day: Time's noblest offspring is the last. 1073 Siris Truth... | |
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