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" Thy words, Creator bounteous and benign Giver of all things fair, but fairest this Of all thy gifts, nor enviest. I now see Bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh, myself Before me. Woman is her name, of man Extracted ; for this cause he shall forego Father... "
Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from ... - Page 72
by John Milton - 1795
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The Poems of John Milton: English, Latin, Greek & Italian, Volume 2

John Milton - English literature - 1925 - 450 pages
...of my Flesh, my Self Before me ; Woman is her Name, of Man Extracted; for this cause he shall forgo Father and Mother, and to his Wife adhere ; And they...divinely brought, Yet Innocence and Virgin Modesty, Her virtue and the conscience of her worth. That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won, Not obvious,...
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Paradise lost

John Milton - English literature - 1926 - 412 pages
...of my Flesh, my Self Before me; Woman is her Name, of Man Extrafted; for this cause he shallforgoe Father and Mother, and to his Wife adhere; And they shall be one Flesh, one Heart, one Soule. Of nuptial Sanftitie and marriage Rites: Grace was in all her sleps, Heav'n in her Eye, In every...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 4

Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...of my flesh, my Self Before me. Woman is her name, of Man Extracted; for this cause he shall forgo Father and mother, and to his wife adhere, And they...divinely brought, Yet innocence and virgin modesty, Her virtue, and the conscience of her worth, That would be wooed, and not unsought be won, Not obvious,...
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The Mystical Design of Paradise Lost

Galbraith Miller Crump - Literary Criticism - 1975 - 196 pages
...now see Bone of my Bone, Flesh of my Flesh, my Self Before me; Woman is her Name, of Man Extracted; for this cause he shall forego Father and Mother,...And they shall be one Flesh, one Heart, one Soul. (VIII. 494-99) In thanking God for this most precious gift, Adam has innocently, unintentionally, but...
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Milton, Poet of Exile

Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...reluctance, modesty, and blushing in Eve (as in the angel) are all part of that perfection before the Fall: She heard me thus, and though divinely brought, Yet Innocence and Virgin Modestie, Her vertue and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won,...
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Epic and Empire: Politics and Generic Form from Virgil to Milton

David Quint - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 448 pages
...suggested a few lines earlier in his description of their first encounter, when Eve turned away from him. She heard me thus, and though divinely brought, Yet innocence and virgin modesty, Her virtue and conscience of her worth, That would be wooed, and not unsought be won, Not obvious,...
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The Works of John Milton: With an Introduction and Bibliography

John Milton - Poetry - 1994 - 630 pages
...of my flesh, my self Before me; Woman is her name, of Man Extracted; for this cause he shall forgo Father and mother, and to his wife adhere; And they...divinely brought, Yet innocence and virgin modesty, 501 Wrought in her so, that, seeing me, she turned. I followed her; she what was honour knew, And with...
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Fellowship in Paradise Lost: Vergil, Milton, Wordsworth, Volume 97

André Verbart - Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature - 1995 - 322 pages
...of my Flesh, my Self Before me; Woman is her Name, of Man Extracted; for this cause he shall forgoe Father and Mother, and to his Wife adhere; And they shall be one Flesh, one Heart, one Soule. (VIII.494-99) The one flesh, one heart, one soul seem to be the male's flesh, the male's heart,...
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The History of Sir George Ellison, Volume 1

Sarah Scott - Fiction - 1766 - 292 pages
...this case perhaps means "tawny blotches on the skin of the face and arms of elderly people" (OED). 20. "Her virtue, and the conscience of her worth, / That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won" (Paradise Lost, VIII. 501-2). 21. "Expressly forbidden us by Him who has the best right to our obedience"...
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Eve and Adam: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender

Kristen E. Kvam, Linda S. Schearing, Valarie H. Ziegler - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1999 - 540 pages
...of my Flesh, my Self Before me; Woman is her Name, of Man Extracted; for this cause he shall forgoe Father and Mother, and to his Wife adhere; And they shall be one Flesh, one Heart, one Soule. She heard me thus, and though divinely brought, 500 Yet Innocence and Virgin Modestie, Her vertue...
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