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...and unmov'd, here onely weak Against the charm of Beauties powerful glance. Or Nature faild in mee, and left some part Not proof enough such Object to...sustain, Or from my side subducting, took perhaps More then enough; at least on her bestow'd Too much of Ornament, in outward shew Elaborate, of inward less...

...is imperfect, contributing less than he to the process of generation. But that is not how she seems: 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. (8:546-50)...

...and her ability to command and rule, but he has a strong intuition that she is a superior being: 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; All higher...

...Paradise Lost, a text alluded to throughout The House of Mirth, Adam tells us that nature bestowed on Eve Too much of Ornament, in outward show Elaborate, of inward less exact. . . . yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to...

...of beauty's powerful glance," (VIII, 528-533) Eve's beauty is quite overwhelming for Adam: "...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; All higher...

..."nature failed in me, and left some part / Not proof enough" against his uxorious passions, or that "from my side subducting, took perhaps / More than enough; at least on her bestowed / Too much of ornament" (8.534-537). Instead of feeling truly united with Eve, he worries...