 | Aristophanes - 1833 - 130 pages
...litigious, ne'er oppress the people ; — " An English writer is equally high flown in praise of the sex. What she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest,...discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd, and like folly shews ; Authority and reason on her wait. Nor was this all ; on other points he made The women subjects... | |
 | Aristophanes - 1833 - 130 pages
...litigious, ne'er oppress the people ; — " An English writer is equally high flown in praise of the sex. What she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest,...falls Degraded. Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly shews ; Authority and reason on her wait. Nor was this all ; on other... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...both , and less expressing The character of that dominion given 545 O'er other creatures: yet when 1 approach. Her loveliness , so absolute she seems And...say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest , best: 550 All higher knowledge in her presence fulls Degraded; wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd... | |
 | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - 1836 - 202 pages
...honor. This is still nobler than Milton's view, in that exquisite passage, where Adam saya of Eve, " When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems,...falls Degraded ; Wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discountenanced, and like Folly shows. Authority and reason on her wait As one intended first.11 But... | |
 | 1836 - 558 pages
...The character of that dominion given O'er other creatures : yet when 1 approach Her loveliness, BO absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well...knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; wisdom in dtscourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows ; Authority and reason on her wait,... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 514 pages
...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 seems,...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... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1836 - 790 pages
...dominion giv'a O'er other creatures ; yet when I approach Her loveliness, >o absolute she seem«. So in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do, or ьау. Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, liest. All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded,... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 510 pages
...character of that dominion given O'er other creatures : yet, when I approach Her loveliness, so absolu te she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know...own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtumisest, discreetest, best : All higher knowleelge in her presence falls Degraded ; wisdom in discourse... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 548 pages
...as being first in the creation and internal faculties, breaks out into the following rapture : Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems,...And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, [hat what she wills lu do, or say, Seems wisest, virtuouseal, discrectcst, best. АИ higher knowledge... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 526 pages
...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 seems,...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... | |
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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. 
