 So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.  Le paradis perdu - Page 246by John Milton - 1837 - 495 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...happiest life, Simplicity and spotless innocence ! So pass'd they naked on, nor shunn'd the sig-ht Of God or angel ; for they thought no ill : So hand...that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh fountain-side They sat them down ; and, after no more toil Of their sweet gardening labour, than suffic'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...innocence ? So pass'd they naked on, nor shunn'd the sight Of God or Angel, for they thought no ill : 320 So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair That...daughters Eve. Under a tuft of shade, that on a green xs Stood whisp'ring soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat them down ; and after no more toil Of their... | |
 | 1832 - 438 pages
...replenish the earth with candidates for blissful immortality. " So on they pass'd, nor shun'd the sight Of God or angel, for they thought no ill: So hand...met; Adam, the goodliest man, of men since born, His sons,—the fairest of her daughters, Eve. Blest couple, link'd in happy nuptial league." MILTON. Their... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1832 - 354 pages
...confounds them all together in a manner for which any Irishman would have been laughed to scorn : — ' Adam, the goodliest man of men since born, His sons ; the fairest of her daughters Eve.' Yet Addison, who notices these blunders, calls them only little blemishes." Scotchman. — " He does... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1832 - 344 pages
...confounds them all together in a manner for which any Irishman would have been laughed to scorn : — "Adam, the goodliest man of men since born, His sons ; the fairest of her daughters Eve.' Yet Addison, who notices these blunders, calls them only little blemishes." Scotchman. — " He does... | |
 | John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...son except, Created thing nought valu'd he nor shunn'd. And that in which he describes Adam and Eve : Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve. It is plain that, in the former of these passages, according to the natural syntax, the divine persons... | |
 | James Henry Monk - 1833 - 490 pages
...but two instances, taken casually, and without selection. The first is his note upon B. IV. 323. " Adam, the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve." " I'll not believe this distich to be Milton's. We have had too much trial of his busy acquaintance,... | |
 | James Henry Monk - 1833 - 490 pages
...but two instances, taken casually, and without selection. The first is his note upon B. IV. 323. " Adam, the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve." " I'll not believe this distich to be Milton's. We have had too much trial of his busy acquaintance,... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...innocence! So pass'd they naked on, nor shunn'd the sight Of God or angel; for they thought no ill: 320 So hand in hand they pass'd , the loveliest pair That...daughters Eve. Under a tuft of shade that on a green 825 Stood whisp'ring soft, by a frcr.h fountain-side They sat them down; and, after no more toil Of... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...tresses wore Dishevel'd, hut in wanton ringlets waved. So pass'd they naked on, nor shunn'd the sight Of God or angel, for they thought no ill : So hand...pass'd, the loveliest pair That ever since in love's emhraces met. There is a fine spirit of poetry in the lines which follow, wherein they are descrihed... | |
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