| Anne Louise Germaine Staël-Holstein (baronne de.) - 1812 - 344 pages
...be a more -charming picture of love in marriage, * though both Not equal, as their sexes not equal : For contemplation he, and valour form'd ; For softness...sweet attractive grace : He for God only, she for God in him. 319 than that which terminates the first ode of Thomson upon Spring ? What deep awful meditations... | |
| John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...in true filial 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 she, and sweet attractive grace. Par. Lost, b. iv. 2i)8. i I espy'd thee, fair indeed and tall, Under a plantain ; yet methought less... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...; though both Met equal, as their sex not equal seem'd : For contemplation he and valour forrn'd ; For softness she and sweet attractive grace ; He for...God in him : His fair large front and eye sublime declar'd Absolute rule ; and hyacinthine locks Hound from his parted forelock manly hung Clust'ring,... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 452 pages
...in true filial freedom plac'd ; Whence true authority in men : though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd ; For contemplation he and valour...sweet attractive grace . He for God only, she for God in him. Were the pauses of the sense and sound in this passage but a little better assorted, nothing... | |
| Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1817 - 532 pages
...but in true filial freedom placed; Whence true authority in men: though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd; For contemplation he and valour...sweet attractive grace; He for God only, .she for God in him. admirable, is the want of coincidence between the pauses of the sense and sound. The translation... | |
| British essayists - 1819 - 376 pages
...Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure ; Severe, but in true filial freedom plae,d : For contemplation he and valour form,d, For softness...God in him. His fair large front, and eye sublime, declar"d Absolute rule: and hyacinthin locks Ronnd from his parted forelock manly hung Clust,ring,... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 378 pages
...Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure ; Severe, but in true filial freedom placed : For contemplation he and valour form'd, For softness...God in him. His fair large front, and eye sublime, declar'd Absolute rule : and hyacinthin locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clust'ring,... | |
| John Milton - Fall of man - 1820 - 342 pages
...true filial freedom plac'd) Whence true authority in men ; though both 295 Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd, For contemplation he and valour...for God in him. His fair large front and eye sublime declar'd 300 Absolute ruts ; and hyacmtbin* lock; Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering,... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...in true filial freedom plar'il,) Whence true authority in men ; though both Not equal, as their sex s glo &2+ decltr'd Absolute rule ; and hyacintliine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering,... | |
| Charlotte Anne Eaton - Rome (Italy) - 1820 - 410 pages
...command. Milton seems to have had in view his divine form, in his description of our First Parent — " His fair large front, and eye sublime, declared Absolute...hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad." His is not merely the rude power of physical strength,... | |
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