| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...thing nought valu'd he nor shunn'd. And that in which he describes Adam and Eve. Adam tKe i;odlic,t man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her...the first line are represented as created beings; aod that in thp other, Adam and Eve are confounded with tlieir sons and daughters. Such little blemishes... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...no ill. 320 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. Under a tuft of shade that on a green 325 Stood whisp'ring soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...ill : 320 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. Under a tuft of shade that on a green 315 Stood whisp'ring soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat... | |
| 1803 - 412 pages
...Satan: -God and his Son except, Created thing nought valu'd he nor shunn'd :' « Nos. 267, 273, 279. and that in which he describes Adam and Eve : ' Adam...since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.1 It is plain, that in the former of these passages, according to the natural syntax, the divine... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - Bulls, Colloquial - 1803 - 322 pages
...confounds them all together, in a manner, for which any irishman would have been laughed to scorn. ' Adam, the goodliest man of men since born, ' His sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve/ * t Yet Addison, who notices these blunders, calls them only little blemishes. Scotchman.—" He does... | |
| E. H. Seymour - 1805 - 500 pages
...in which, I think, the construction of the following passage in. Paradise Lost can be made out : " Adam the goodliest man, of men since born " His sons ; the fairest of her daughters Eve." 372. " With what his valour did enrich his wit, " His wit set down, to make his valour live." There... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...ill : 320 So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair 1 hat ever since in Love's embraces met ; Adam the goodliest man of men 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 - 304 pages
...wherein he speaks of Satan : - God and his Son except, Created thing nought valu'd he nor shunn'd : ami that in which he describes Adam and Eve : Adam the...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,... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...thought no ill: 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. Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat them•down.;... | |
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