 O'er other creatures. 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...  The British Essayists: The Spectator - Page 145by Alexander Chalmers - 1802Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1853 - 474 pages
...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 in discourse with her Loses, discountenanced, and like folly shows : Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - 902 pages
...so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do, or say, Seems wisest, virtnousest, discreeteet, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded. Wisdom, in discourse with her, Loses, discountenanced, and like folly shews. Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1853 - 360 pages
..." All higher knowledge in her presence fails ; Wisdom in discourse with her, loses discountenanced, And like folly shows. Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first. And to crown all, greatness of mind and nobleness, Their seat in her build loveliest, and create An... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 698 pages
...compleat^ so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuonsest, discreetest, best ; All higher knowledge in her presence falls...discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd, and like folly shews ; • Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally ;... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 726 pages
...compleat, BO well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discrcetest, best ; All higher knowledge in her presence falls...discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd, and like folly shews : 132 SPECTATOR. [No.845. Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 pages
...vertuousest, discreetest, best; (Adam's confusion here seems to have produced Milton's worst line!) All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, Wisdom in discourse with her Looses discount'nanc't, and like folly shewes; Authoride and Reason on her waite, As one intended first,... | |
 | David G. Allen, Robert A. White - 1990 - 284 pages
...higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discount'nanc't, and like folly shows; Authority and Reason on her...to consummate all. Greatness of mind and nobleness thir seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard Angelic plac't. (8.529-30,... | |
 | David Quint - 1993 - 448 pages
...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 in discourse with her Looses discountenanced, and like folly shows; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first,... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft - 1995 - 396 pages
...changes the nature of things That what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded....like Folly, shows; Authority and Reason on her wait.' — 18 And all this is built on her loveliness! In the middle rank of life, to continue the comparison,... | |
 | Corinna Ruth - 2013 - 146 pages
...completely enchanted him. that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded. Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like Folly shows. Raphael rebukes Adam for exalting Eve above her position in... | |
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