 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...  Brief Essays and Studies of Character - Side 136av Ethel Irving - 1874 - 176 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | John Milton - 1795 - 282 sider
...know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuosest, discreetest, best; 550 Ail higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse with her Loses discount'nanc'd, and like folly shows ; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 sider
...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 ! Wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discount' nanc'd, and, like folly, shows. Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first,... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 sider
...to know Her own, that what she wills to do or sa)', Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, hest ; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse with her Loses discount'nanc'd, and like folly shows; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, noi... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 sider
...know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best ; J50 All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse with her Loses discount'nanc'd, and like folly shows ; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 600 sider
...complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discretest, best ; 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, not... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 sider
...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...discourse with her Loses, discountenanced, and like folly shews ; . . Authority and reason on her wait If there is such a native loveliness in the sex, as to... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 sider
...enough ; at least on her bestow'd Too much of ornament, in outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact. When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems,...falls Degraded : Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd, and like folly shews ; • ; Authority and roa^on on her wait, As one intended first,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 sider
...so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do, or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discrectest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded....discourse with her. Loses, discountenanced, and like folly shews. . .' Authorit}' and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally:... | |
 | 1804 - 450 sider
...she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills, or doth, or says, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. All...falls Degraded. Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd, and like folly shews. Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not... | |
 | 1806 - 408 sider
...so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuonsest, disc*-eetest 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 on her watt, As one intended first, not... | |
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