... -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 knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; wisdom,... The Tatler - Pàgina 3991822Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Catherine George Ward - 1824 - 602 pàgines
...in the beautiful language of Milton, when Adam thus expresses his thoughts of Eve : ———" Vet, when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well to kuow Her own, that what she wills to do or say . > Seemi wisest, virtuousest, discrete&t, best. All... | |
| 1828 - 608 pàgines
...cherished, the portraits of women will never be well executed. They will never bear the impress of mind. Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know 4 " Yet when I approach Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discrectest,... | |
| 1829 - 804 pàgines
...justice to the sex. If virtue in men is more venerable, it is in women more lovely ; which Milton has very finely expressed in his Paradise Lost, where...rapture : '^— Yet when I approach Her loveliness, BO absolute she s.vms And in herself complete, BO well to know Her own, that what she wills, or do,... | |
| 1831 - 704 pàgines
...justice to the sex. If virtue in men is more venerable, it is in women more lovely ; which Millón has very finely expressed in his Paradise Lost, where...faculties, breaks out into the following rapture: 1 Yet whnn I approach [Tprioveliness, so absolute sho spem«, And in herself complete, no well to know... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 514 pàgines
...image who made both, and less expressing The character of that dominion given O'er other creatures : yet, when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she...And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, (hat what she wills to do or say, » j'ai amené mon histoire jusqu'au comble de la » félicité terrestre... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1837 - 548 pàgines
...justice to the sex. If virtue in men is more venerable, it is in women more lovely ; which Milton has very finely expressed in his Paradise Lost, where...having asserted his own pre-eminence, as being first in the creation and internal faculties, breaks out into the following rapture : Yet when I approach Her... | |
| John Milton - 1837 - 512 pàgines
...image who made both, and less expressing The character of that dominion given O'er other creatures : yet, when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she...And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, thiii what she wills to do or say, »j'ai amené mon histoire jusqu'au comble de la » félicité terrestre... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 526 pàgines
...image who made both, und less expressing The character of that dominion given O'er other creatures : yet, when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she...And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, thut what she wills to do or say, » j'ai amené mon histoire jusqu'au comble de la » félicité terrestre... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1837 - 478 pàgines
...enough ; at least on her bestow'd Too much ofbrnament, in outward show Elaborate, of inward less exact. When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, *o well lo know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Beerns wisest, virttiousest, dtscreetest,... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 868 pàgines
...creatures, gracefnll and ttiicreet. Milton. Parailúe Regained, book ii. 1. 167. — — ; --- Vet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself comptent, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, ducretest,... | |
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