 | Aristophanes - 1833 - 130 pages
...the people ; — " An English writer is equally high flown in praise of the sex. What she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest,...discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly shews ; Authority and reason on her wait. Nor was this all ; on other points he made The women subjects... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft - Women - 1833 - 234 pages
...all these frivolous accomplishments, so changes the nature of things, '•' That what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest,...falls Degraded. Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd, and like folly shows; Authority and reason on her wait."— And all this is built... | |
 | John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...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,...presence falls Degraded; wisdom in discourse with her D ' Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended... | |
 | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - Children's stories - 1836 - 202 pages
...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,...shows. Authority and reason on her wait As one intended first.11 But Spencer " knows not seems." Una is more than Eve. Innocence and truth melt into one, to... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1836 - 348 pages
...to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best: 550 All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded;...on her wait, As one intended first, not after made 555 Occasionally; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat Build in her loveliest,... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - English literature - 1836 - 380 pages
...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,...falls Degraded. Wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discountenanc'd, and like Folly shows ; Authority and Reason on her wait, As one intended first not... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...loveliness, BO 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,...knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; wisdom in dtscourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows ; Authority and reason on her wait,... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1836 - 790 pages
...know Her own, that what she wills to do, or ьау. Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, liest. All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd, and like folly shows. Authority and reason on her wait. As one intended first, but... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 512 pages
...ses droits, que ce qu'elle veut Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best .All higher knowledge iu her presence falls Degraded ; wisdom in discourse...all, Greatness of mind, and nobleness, their seat ßuild in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed. " To whom the angel... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 510 pages
...that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtumisest, discreetest, best : All higher knowleelge in her presence falls Degraded ; wisdom in discourse...like folly shows ; Authority and reason on her wait, Asone intended first, not after made Occasionally ; and, to consummate all, « mière fois je sentis... | |
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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... 
