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. Milton's Poetical Works - Page 210by John Milton - 1853 - 661 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Milton - 1857 - 470 pages
...outward shuw Elaborate, of inward less exact : For well I understand in the prime end Of nature her th' inferiour, in the mind And inward faculties, which...own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousesl, discreetest, besl : AU higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded; wisdom in discourse... | |
| Elizabeth Strutt - 1857 - 274 pages
...conversation with the angel Raphael, " For well I understand, in the prime end Of nature, her the inferior ; in the mind And inward faculties, which most excel...character of that dominion given O'er other creatures." Paradise Lost, b. 8. In his prose also, the zealous republican maintains the same doctrine, as in his... | |
| John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...Elaborate, of 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;...less His image who made both, and less expressing 17 N The character of that dominion given O'er other creatures: yet when I approach Her loveliness,... | |
| Margaret Agnes Paul - 1858 - 362 pages
...I was sometimes amused, and never much frightened. There is great safety in multitude.' CHAPTER VH. When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems,...she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, disereetest, best: All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded. Paradise Lost. next day was... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1861 - 816 pages
...of inward less exact. For well 1 understand in thé prime end Of nature b«r thé inferior, in thé mind And inward faculties, which most excel : In outward...who made both, and less expressing The character of tbat dominion given O'er other créatures : yet, when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems,... | |
| John Milton - 1860 - 424 pages
...Elaborate, of 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:...own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtnousest, disereetest, best: All higher knowledge in her presence fells Degraded; wisdom in discourse... | |
| John Milton - English poetry - 1860 - 574 pages
...lc*s exact. For well I understand in the prime end Of nature her th' inferior in the mind And iuward faculties, which most excel; In outward also her resembling...well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or sav, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discrectest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded;... | |
| John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 578 pages
...Elaborate, of inward less exact. For well I understand, in the prime end 540 Of nature, her the inferior in the mind And inward faculties, which most excel...say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. 550 All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded : wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discountenanced,... | |
| Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...her looks; Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love. MlLTON. Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she...discreetest, best: All higher knowledge in her presence Ms Degraded. They tat them down to weep; nor only tears Rained at their eyes, but high winds worse... | |
| John Milton - 1862 - 366 pages
...Elaborate, of inward less exact. For well I understand, in the prime end sio Of Nature, her the inferior, in the mind And inward faculties, which most excel;...say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. 050 All higher Knowledge in her presence falls, Degraded ; Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced,... | |
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