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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author - Page 272
by John Milton - 1838
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2

John Milton - 1815 - 244 pages
...charncter of that dominion giren 545 O'er other creatnres ; yetwt"n I appronch Her loveliness, so absolnte she seems And in herself complete, so well to know...own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, vi rtnonsest, discrer test, hest ; 550 All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; wisdom...
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Paradise lost, a poem, Volume 2

John Milton - 1817 - 214 pages
...her resembling less His image who made both, and less expressing The character of that dominion given O'er other creatures : Yet when I approach Her loveliness,...say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best : All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discounteuanc'd,...
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The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface ..., Volume 3

Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 pages
...pre-eminence, as being first in creation and internal faculties, breaks out into the following rapture : " Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she...complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills, or do, or say. Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls...
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Woman; or, Minor maxims, a sketch [by M.E. Budden].

Maria Elizabeth Budden - 1818 - 588 pages
...audjtress, Her husband the relator she preferred.' L 6 " Well - " Well might Adam exclaim — • -' When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems,...herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what the wills to do, or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best : All higher knowledge in her...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - 1819 - 378 pages
...on her bestow'd Too much of ornament, in outward show • Elaborate, of inward less exact. , When T approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And...own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuose*!, discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded: wisdom in discourse...
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The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J ..., Volumes 27-34

British essayists - 1819 - 376 pages
...her bestow,d Too much of ornament, in outward show Elaborate, of inward less exact. — — When 1 approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And...own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuose.st, discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded : wisdom in discourse...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

James Ferguson - 1819 - 348 pages
...pre-eminence, as being first in creation and internal faculties, breaks out into the following rapture: " Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she...complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills, or do, or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...her resembling less His image who made both, and less expressing The character of that dominion given ep ; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd,...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 17

British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...her resembling less His image who made both, and less expressing The character of that dominion given O'er other creatures. Yet when I approach Her loveliness,...say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded : wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced,...
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The Tatler, Volume 2

1822 - 496 pages
...pre-eminence, as being first in creation and internal faculties, breaks out into the following rapture : -Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she...say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; wisdom, in discourse with her, Loses, discounter!...
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