And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure (Severe, but in true filial freedom placed), Whence true authority in men ; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal... The Spectator ... - Page 3641803Full view - About this book
| Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pages
...freedom plac'd, Whence true anthority in men : though hoth Not eqoal, as their sex not eqoal eecm'd : Pur contemplation he, and valour form'd ; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace ; lie, for God only; she for God in him. His fair large front, and eye suhlime decla r'd Ahsolote rule... | |
| Thomas Reid - Philosophy - 1829 - 430 pages
...softer winning love :. Milton a fait sentir la même distinction dans la personne d'Adam et d'Eve. ' For contemplation he, and valour form'd For softness she> and sweet attractive grâce *. Quoique la grâce soit indéfinissable, elle n'existe point sans les deux conditions suivantes.... | |
| Henry Neele - English poetry - 1830 - 582 pages
...freedom placed, Whence true authority in men ; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd : For contemplation he, and valour form'd ; For softness...God in him. His fair large front, and eye sublime, declared Absolute rule ; and hyacinthine locks Bound from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering,... | |
| Lady of distinction - Beauty, Personal - 1830 - 228 pages
...SUBJECT. " Not equal, as their sex not equal seeni'd ; For contemplation he, and valour f-onn'd; Kor softness she, and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him." MILTON. IN discoursing on the degree of consequence, in the scale of creation, that may be... | |
| John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
...placed,) —^Whence true authority in men ; though both 295 r. Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd ; For contemplation he and valour form'd ; For softness...God in him : His fair large front and eye sublime declared 300 Absolute rule ; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung I. Clustering,... | |
| William Godwin - Human beings - 1831 - 504 pages
...of the sexes. Let us attend io it as it stands in Milton : For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God in him. Thus it is painted to us as having been in Paradise; and with similar inequality have the sexes... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1831 - 570 pages
...accomplishments, which ought not to be, their provinces being different. Milton said before him, " For contemplation he and valour form'd, For softness she and sweet attractive grace." And upon hearing a lady of his acquaintance commended for her learning, he said, " A man is in general... | |
| Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...observent sa loi ; Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd ; For contemplation he and valour fonn'd : For softness she and sweet attractive grace ; He for...for God in him. His fair large front and eye sublime dcclar'd Absolute rule ; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering,... | |
| John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...plac'd, Whence true authority in men : though both zgs Not equal, as their sex not equal, seem'd ; For contemplation he and valour form'd, For softness...sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God in him. "' Amara] See Bancroft's Epigrams (1639), 4to. p. 35 (200). ' Of the ^Ethiopian mountain Amara,'... | |
| John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...freedom plac'd), Whence true authority in men; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd; For contemplation he and valour form'd: For softness...front and eye sublime declar'd Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustring, but not beneath his shoulders... | |
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