 | 1849 - Počet stránok 240
...be taught ; this is selflearned, self-interpreting. Our first parent and lover addresses Eve — " When I approach her loveliness so absolute she seems....say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best, And create an awe about her as a guard angelic placed." Of earthly goods the best is a good wife. A... | |
 | John Milton - 1849 - Počet stránok 650
...character of that dominion given 545 O'er other creatures : Yet when I approach Her loveliness, EO absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well...own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousost, discreetest, best : 550 All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; Wisdom in... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1850 - Počet stránok 202
...result. In short, a proper definition of the word discretion would exactly convey a just idea of my ' So absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so...say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best !" MILTON. Mrs. H. More says, " There is a large class of excellent female characters, who, on account... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - Počet stránok 602
...character of that dominion given 545 O'er other creatures : Yet when I approach Her loveliness, BO absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well...do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, belt : 550 As one intended first, not after made 555 Occasionally j and. to consummate all, Greatness... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - Počet stránok 594
...dominion giv'n 545 O'er other creatures ; yet, when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, )C And in herself, complete ; so well to know Her own,...say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best ! 550 All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ! Wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discount'nanced,... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1851 - Počet stránok 352
...noble is that passage, in which Adam describes the mental endowments of his fair partner : — " ' So absolute she seems, And in herself complete ; so...All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, and like folly shows ; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made. Occasionally,... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - Počet stránok 428
...other ereatures : yet, when I approaeh Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself eomplete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, disereetest, best : All higher knowledge in her presenee falls Degraded ; wisdom in diseourse with... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - Počet stránok 858
...expressing The character of that dominion given O'er other ereatures: yet when I approach Her loreliness , so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so...she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, disereetest, best: All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; wisdom in discourse with her... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1852 - Počet stránok 450
...which falsely arrogates the name, the great poet addresses woman in these incomparable lines: • " When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself compleat, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discretest,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - Počet stránok 902
...betraying his own cause. Milton puts this confession into the mouth of our father Adam ; who, though be asserts his superiority of reason in his debates with...well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or eay, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best : AH higher knowledge in her presence fells Degraded,... | |
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Yet, when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. 
