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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. "
History of the Revolution in England in 1688 - Page 149
by Sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 403 pages
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1805 - 424 pages
...her clay, By future 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. During the preparations for his departure, Dr. Berkeley entered into a marriage, on August...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 420 pages
...her clay, By future 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. During the preparations for his departure, Dr. Berkeley entered into a marriage, on August...
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The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature, Volume 7

Liberalism (Religion) - 1813 - 802 pages
...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, were first published in a Miscellany...
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Epistolary correspondence. Letters from August 1714, to September 1724

Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 512 pages
...her clay, By future 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. •^ persuasions as will keep one of the first men in this kingdom for learning and virtue...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 6

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...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 his bustle, and with his whole soul...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 13

Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1818 - 576 pages
...prediction of Bishop BERKELEY : : , " Westward the course of empire takes its way, " The tour 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, noi brought about by wars, by violence, by injustice,...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 13

Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1818 - 594 pages
.... !••.::. " Westward the course of empire takes its way, K • .•-• !> "The (bur first arts already past; .. . " A fifth shall close the drama...day: : ••• .• " Time's noblest offspring is the last." ..t This will be a mighty revolution, not brought about by wars, by violence, 'by injustice,...
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The Pamphleteer

Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1819 - 574 pages
...prediction of Bishop BERKELEY : " Westward the course of empire takes its way, " The 'bur first acts ulteady past ; '•' A fifth shall close the drama with the day: " Time's noblest offspring b the last." This will be a mighty revolution, not brought about by^wars, by violence, by injustice,...
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Voyage to South America: Performed by Order of the American ..., Volume 2

Henry Marie Brackenridge - Argentina - 1819 - 390 pages
...of bishop BERKELEY. "Westward the coarse of empire takes its way, The four first acts already pa*; 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 by wars, by violence, by injustice;...
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Voyage to South America, Volume 2

Henry Marie Brackenridge - Argentina - 1820 - 336 pages
...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 by wars, by violence, by injustice;...
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