 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 304 pages
...except, Created thing nought valu'd he nor shunn'd : ami that in which he describes Adam and Eve : Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Ere. It is plain, that in the former of these passages, according to the natural syntax, the divine... | |
 | 1809 - 562 pages
...blindness. Johnson's Life of Milton, p. 169. This expression resembles the following absurdity in Milton. " Adam, the goodliest man of men since born His sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve," B. iv. 323. " Maculae, quas aut incuria fudit, Aut humana parum cavit natura." Ai.P. 352. No apology,... | |
 | Alexander Crombie - 1809 - 456 pages
...the word other. i * This phraseology is Hebraistic—" more than all his chil" Adam " The comeliest of men since born " His sons. The fairest of her daughters Eve." Milton. " Adam," the antecedent subject of comparison, is here improperly referred to the aggregate... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...thought no ill: 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. Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat them•down.;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 656 pages
...minutes pass'd, Crown'd with sublime delight. The loveliest pair That ever yet in love's embraces met : Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve ! " Hail ! Hymen's first, accomplish'd pair ! Goodliest he of all his sons ! Of her daughters she most... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 554 pages
...Johnson's Life of Milton, p. 169, This ex-; pression resembles the following absurdity in Mijton. : " Adam, the goodliest man of men since born . ' -\. His sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve-" ' B. iv. 323. " Maculae, quas ant incuria fudit, Aut bumaua parum cavit natura." At. P. 352. i " No... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 pages
...nor shunn'd. And that in which he describes Adam and Eve : • Are wanting,] It should be is wanting. 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... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...except, Created thing nought valued he nor ihunn'd : and that in which he describes Adam aod Eve : Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughter!, Eve. It is plain, that in the former of (hese pas-cages, according to the natural syntax,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 308 pages
...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...no ill : So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met : Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood wliispering soft, by a fresli fountain side They sat them... | |
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Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve. 
