... a rib Crooked by nature, bent, as now appears, More to the part sinister, from me drawn ; Well if thrown out, as supernumerary To my just number found. O ! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last... The Works of the English Poets: Milton - Page 74by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
| Edward Bysshe - English language - 1710 - 624 pages
...peopled higheft Heav'n With Spirits mafculine, create at laft This Novelty on Earth ! this fair Defefl Of Nature, and not fill the World at once With Men,...as Angels, without Feminine, Or find fome other way tp generate Mankind ? Nitf. Ah Traitrefs ! Ah ingrate ! Ah faithlefs Mind ! Ah Sex invented firft to... | |
| John Milton - Bible - 1711 - 464 pages
...peopl'd higheft Heav'n With Spirits Mafculine, create at laft This novelty on Earth, this fair defect Of Nature, and not fill the World at once With Men as Angels without Feminine, Or find fot»e other way to generate Mankind ? this mifchief h»d not then befall'n, IK And more that ihall... | |
| Charles Gildon - Criticism - 1718 - 490 pages
...peopled higheft Heav'n With Spirits mafculine, create at laft This Novelty on Earth ! this fair Defcft Of Nature, and not fill t;he World at once With Men, as Angels, without Feminine, ... Or find firnic other Way to generate Mankind? Milt. Ah Traitrefs ! Ah ingrate l Ah faithlefs Mind .' Ah Sex... | |
| 1726 - 330 pages
...laft This Novelty on Earth, this fair Defect Of Nature > and not fill the WorU at once With Men, »s Angels, without Feminine ? Or find fome other Way to generate Mankind? This Mi/chief had not then befall n, JLnd more that /hall befall; innumerable Diflurbances on Earth through... | |
| 1739 - 312 pages
...peopled higheji Heaven With Spirits mafculine, create at lajl This Novelty on Earth* this fair Dtfefl Of Nature ? and not fill the World at once With Men, as Angels, 'without Feminine ? Qr find fome other way to generate Mankind? This Mi/chief had not then lefaWn> And more that Jhall... | |
| John Milton, Nicolas François DUPRÉ DE SAINT-MAUR - 1745 - 506 pages
...the higheft Heaven with mafculine Spirits, at laft create this Novelty upon Earth, this fair Defect of Nature ? And not fill the World at once with MEN, as Heaven with Angels, without any Female? Or find out fome other Way to generate MANKIND ? Then this... | |
| John Upton - 1748 - 654 pages
...beav'n «« With fyir its mafculine, cfeate at laft ** This novelty on earth, this fair defeft " O/ nature ? and not fill the world at once " With men, as angels, without feminine ? " Or find feme other way to generate " Mankind? ibis mifcbief bad not then befal'n: " And more, tbatjhall befal,... | |
| John Milton - 1750 - 630 pages
...peopl'd higheft heav'n With fpirits mafculine, create at laft This novelty on earth, this fair defeft Of nature ? and not fill the world at once With men...way to generate Mankind ? this mifchief had not then befalJ'n, And more that fhall befal : innumerable Dilturbances on earth thro' female fnares, And ftrait... | |
| John Milton - 1750 - 682 pages
...peopled higheft Heaven With Spirits mafculine, create at laft goo This novelty on earth, this fair defed: Of nature, and not fill the world at once With Men...way to generate Mankind ? this mifchief had not then beikU'n, % _ 888. To my juft number found] The juft number of ribs in a man is twentyfour, twelve on... | |
| Conduct of life - 1751 - 382 pages
...With Spirits tnafculine, create at laft Ihif Novelty on Earth, this fair DefeS Of Nature, and not f II the World at once With Men, as Angels without Feminine, .... Or find fome oth*r way to generate Mankind?- — Milton. And a third, - Ah Traitrefs ! Ah ingrate ! Ahfaithlefs... | |
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