 | Frank Trommler, Elliott Shore - 2001 - 372 páginas
...The poem "On the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America" begins as follows: Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts...the drama with the day: Time's noblest offspring is the last. Berkeley, a proper patriot, was referring to the British in America as time's noblest offspring.... | |
 | Gamal Morsi - 2001 - 310 páginas
...and young, When heavenly Flame did animate her Clay, By future Poets shall be sung. / Westward the Course of Empire takes its Way; The four first Acts...the Drama with the Day; Time's noblest Offspring is the last.« 454 "Brief von Benjamin Franklin an Charles Wilson Peale, 4. July 1771", zitiert nach:... | |
 | Ronald Reagan - 2001 - 580 páginas
...lured no doubt by the simplicity & romantic adventure of frontier life and exploration. "Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts...past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Times noblest offspring is the last. From Henry Brooke's "Universal Beauty," we have such titles as... | |
 | William A. Shutkin - 2001 - 300 páginas
...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.2 The sheer size of the Rocky Mountain states has afforded the unique opportunity to live... | |
 | Gabriel R. Ricci, Paul Edward Gottfried - 116 páginas
...her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its sway; The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last* During the Revolution, "A Poem on the Rising Glory of America," written by two Princeton... | |
 | Ian Carter - 2001 - 362 páginas
...Arts and Learning in America ( 1 683): 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. Stevenson makes his Spenglerian point through colour, comparing mornings at home and abroad.... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - 776 páginas
...Locke, 32 while George Berkeley declared, 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. 33 America came to be identified with the future - the French-born author J. Hector St John... | |
 | S. Morris Engel - 2001 - 442 páginas
...almost messianic vision of this new land. The poem concluded with the following stanza: Westward the Course of Empire takes its Way, The four first Acts already past. A fifth shall dose the Drama with the Day, The world 's great Effort is the last. Because of a navigation error,... | |
 | Dale L. Walker - 2002 - 484 páginas
...23 Waiilatpu 406 24 Last Trails 424 Epilogue 445 Sources 451 Bibliography 454 Index 463 Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first Acts already past. A fifth shall close the Drama of the Day; Time's noblest offspring is the last. —Bishop George Berkeley (1685-1753) Eastward I... | |
 | Joseph J. Ellis - 2002 - 276 páginas
...her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its sway; The first four acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last. 9 Berkeley's imagery rested on several key assumptions worthy of notice because they were... | |
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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. 
