 | John Milton - 1853 - 474 pagine
...inward less exact. For well I understand, in the prime end Of nature, her the inferior in the mind And inward faculties, which most excel ; In outward,...discreetest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded : wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discountenanced, and like folly shows : Authority and... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 370 pagine
...inward less exact. For well I understand in the prime end Of Nature her the inferiour, in the mind And inward faculties, which most excel; In outward...best : All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded; Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd, and like Folly shows ; Authority and... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 394 pagine
...; who, though he asserts his superiority of reason in his debates with the mother of mankind, adds, Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she...best : All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discountenanced, and like folly shews ; Authority and... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 548 pagine
...enough, at least on her bestovv'd Too much of ornament, in outward show Elaborate, of inward less exact. When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems,...discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded; wisdom in discourse with her Loses discount'nanc'd, and like folly shows; Authority and reason... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - 902 pagine
...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...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... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pagine
...I. Corinthians, xi. 11. WELL I understand, in the prime end Of nature, her th' inferior in the mind And inward faculties, which most excel In outward;...discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded! wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discount'nanc'd, and like folly shows. Authority and... | |
 | MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE - 1854 - 444 pagine
...To me she might represent Milton's glorious picture of unfallen, perfect womanhood, in his Eve: — "Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she...discreetest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded; wisdom, in discourse with her, Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows. Authority and... | |
 | William Hosmer - 1854 - 322 pagine
...to conduct,—the wise, just, symmetrical deportment which cannot be seen without being admired. • When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems,...discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded; wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly showa; Authority and reason... | |
 | 1854 - 474 pagine
...ornament, in outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact. VOL. III. O When I approach Her loveliness, iO absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well...best ! All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded i wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discountenanc'd, and like folly shows : Authority and... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1854 - 398 pagine
...picture of unfallen, perfect womanhood, in his Eve : — "Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absoluie she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know...discreetest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degruded ; wisdom, in discourse with her, Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows. Authority and... | |
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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. 
