 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...  The British Essayists;: Spectator - Page 191by Alexander Chalmers - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Hallifield Cosgayne O'Donnoghue - 1828 - 140 pages
...herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtnonsest, discreetest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence...falls Degraded; wisdom in discourse with her Loses disconntenanc'd, and like folly shows. Authority, and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not... | |
 | 1828 - 610 pages
...when I approach Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discrectest, best ; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...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 Degraded, wisdom in discourse with her Loses discount'nanced, and like folly shows; Authority and Reason on her wait, As one intended first, not... | |
 | John Milton - 1829 - 428 pages
...well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say 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 fust, not... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 824 pages
...as if I were a wilful and resolved occasions of my own and my subjects' miseries. King (.'liarles. Authority and reason on her wait. As one intended first, not after made Occasionally. ' ifilton's Paradise Lost. Let me not let pass Occasion which now smiles. Id. Tn case aman dig a pit... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 290 pages
...to. know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, hest: AII higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded : wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows ; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft - 1833 - 234 pages
...so changes the nature of things, '•' That what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best: All higher knowledge in her presence...folly shows; Authority and reason on her wait."— And all this is built on her loveliness ! In the middle rank of life, to continue the comparison, men,... | |
 | Aristophanes - 1833 - 130 pages
...is equally high flown in praise of the sex. What she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best ; All higher knowledge in her presence...discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd, and like folly shews ; Authority and reason on her wait. Nor was this all ; on other points he made The women subjects... | |
 | Aristophanes - 1833 - 130 pages
...is equally high flown in praise of the sex. What she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence...falls Degraded. Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly shews ; Authority and reason on her wait. Nor was this all ; on other... | |
 | John Milton - 1833 - 440 pages
...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 Degraded; wisdom in discourse with her D ' Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended... | |
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