 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pages
...Miltn. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spread b by slow degrees; Three centuries he 'grows, and three he stays Supreme, in state, and in three more decays. Jjrjdt*. i. Highest ; most excellent. No single virtue we could most commend, Whether the wife, the... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...remains. " The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, " Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees; " Three centuries he grows, and three he stays " Supreme in state, and in three more decays ; " So wears the paving pebble in the street, " And towns and towers their fatal periods meet: '•... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 pages
...remains, The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees j Three centuries he grows, and three he stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays : So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods meet : So rivers,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 500 pages
...remains. t The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees; Three centuries he grows, and three he stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays : So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods meet : So rivers,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pages
...remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees; Three centuries he grows, and three he stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays; So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods meet: So rivers,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 pages
...remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees ; Three centuries he grows, and three he stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays ; So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods muet: So rivers,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 pages
...remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees ; Three centuries he grows, and three he stays, Supreme in state, and in three^more decays ; So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1865 - 630 pages
...attains— The monarch oak, the patriarch of trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees; Three centuries he grows, and three he stays Supreme in state, and in three more decays. Nine hundred years, that is to say, constitute the ordinary term of oaklife. But there are many examples... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees ; So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods meet : So riven,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 346 pages
...remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees; Three centuries he grows, and three he stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays; So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods meet : So rivers,... | |
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The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees; Three centuries he grows, and three he stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays... 
