 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...Of God or angel, for they thought no ill : 320 So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair 1 hat ever since in Love's embraces met ; Adam the goodliest...since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve. Under a tuft of shade that on a green 325 Stood whisp'ring soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 302 pages
...nought valu'd he nor shuon'd; God and his Son except, and (hat in which he describes Adam and Eve : Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve. It is plain, that in the former of these passages, according to the natural syntax, the divine persons... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...except, Created thing nought valu'd he nor shunn'd : ami that in which he describes Adam and Eve : Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Ere. It is plain, that in the former of these passages, according to the natural syntax, the divine... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1809 - 562 pages
...blindness. Johnson's Life of Milton, p. 169. This expression resembles the following absurdity in Milton. " Adam, the goodliest man of men since born His sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve," B. iv. 323. " Maculae, quas aut incuria fudit, Aut humana parum cavit natura." Ai.P. 352. No apology,... | |
 | Alexander Crombie - English language - 1809 - 456 pages
...the word other. i * This phraseology is Hebraistic—" more than all his chil" Adam " The comeliest of men since born " His sons. The fairest of her daughters Eve." Milton. " Adam," the antecedent subject of comparison, is here improperly referred to the aggregate... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...innocence ! So pass'd they naked on, nor shunn'd the sight Of God or Angel; for they thought no ill: So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That...since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve. Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat them•down.;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...! So pass'd they naked on, nor shunnM the sight Of God or angel ; for they thought no ill : 9o band in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever...embraces met ; Adam the goodliest man of men since bom Hi* sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve. Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...nuptial league, their minutes pass'd, Crown'd with sublime delight. The loveliest pair That ever yet in love's embraces met : Adam the goodliest man of...since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve ! " Hail ! Hymen's first, accomplish'd pair ! Goodliest he of all his sons ! Of her daughters she most... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1810 - 348 pages
...So pass'd they uaked on, nor ohana'd the sight Of God or migel, forthey thought uoill : So hand and hand they pass'd the loveliest pair That ever since in love's embraces met. There is a fine spirit of poetry in the lines which follow, wherein they are described as sitting on... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 384 pages
...p.iss'd they naked on, nor shunn'd the sight Of God or angel, for tlity thought no ill : So hand in h:tnd they pass'd, the loveliest pair That ever since in love's embraces met.' There is a fine spirit of poetry in the lines which follow, wherein they are described as sitting on... | |
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So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve. 
