 | 1926 - 176 페이지
...has these lines: "Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry." 28 Book of Nonsense Verse That the Doctor has a distinct flair for the perpetration of Nonsense Verse,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1928 - 670 페이지
...these lines : ' Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know,...Johnson, who had a great contempt for that species ot wit, deigned to allow that there was one good pun in " Menagiana," I think on the word corps.2 Much... | |
 | Blair Hoxby - 2008 - 332 페이지
...suppli'd. 164. Then, we upon our Globes last verge shall go, And view the Ocean leaning on the sky: From thence our rolling Neighbours we shall know, And on the Lunar world securely pry. (lines 645-56) By referring to these ships as "instructed," Dryden suggests that they are intelligent... | |
 | Brian M. Stableford - 2006 - 758 페이지
...stated that "Then, we upon our Globes last verge shall go, / And view the Ocean leaning on the sky: / From thence our rolling Neighbours we shall know, / And on the Lunar worlds securely pry". The mechanics of space travel remained an awkward challenge to the literary imagination... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1899 - 304 페이지
...of the moon : " Then we upon the globe's last verge shall go, And view the Ocean leaning on the sky, From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry." Annus Mirabilis. p. 73. His last words. Mahomet arranged for the payment of his debts, and the establishment... | |
 | 160 페이지
...Royal Society. f "Then we upon the globe's last verge shall go, And view the ocean leaning on the sky, From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry." was doubtless something which might well move a smile. It is the universal law that whatever pursuit,... | |
 | John Dryden - 2002 - 612 페이지
...longitudes. 164 Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go And view the ocean leaning on the sky; 655 From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know And on the lunar world securely pry. 165 This I foretell from your auspicious care Who great in search of God and nature grow, Who best... | |
 | Edmund Taylor Whittaker - 1949 - 236 페이지
...regard to the earth: Then we upon our orb's last verge shall go And see the ocean leaning on the sky From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know And on the lunar world securely pry. It was confusions such as this that led Dr Johnson to say of Dryden: 'He delighted to tread upon the... | |
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Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry. 
