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" Not equal, as their sex not equal seemed ; For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God in him. His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule ; and hyacinthine locks Round... "
Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Page 68
by John Milton - 1903 - 372 pages
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1829 - 488 pages
...men: though both Not equal, as their sex not equal, seem'd: For contemplation he and valour form'd, For softness she and sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God in him. "Were the pauses of the sense and sound in this passage but a little better assorted, nothing...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 1, Volume 22

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 416 pages
...appeared in him when he put himself upon the soldier's defence, as he received the mortal stab. Hoieel. For contemplation he, and valour formed ; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace. Milton. Valour gives awe, and promises protection to lho.vj who want heart or strength to defend themselves....
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Moral and sacred poetry, selected by T. Willcocks and T. Horton

Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pages
...: Pur contemplation he, and valour form'd ; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace ; lie, for God only; she for God in him. His fair large front, and eye suhlime decla r'd Ahsolote rule ; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hong Clost'ring,...
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The Church of Rome: A View of the Peculiar Doctrines, Religious Worship ...

Hallifield Cosgayne O'Donnoghue - 1830 - 366 pages
...command. Milton seems to have had in view his divine form in his description of our first parent:— ' His fair large front, and eye sublime, declared Absolute...from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad.' His is not merely the rude power of physical strength, that nerves...
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Paradise lost, a poem

John Milton - 1831 - 290 pages
...men ; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd ; For contemplation he and valour form'd ; For softness she and sweet attractive grace ; He for...hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly bung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad: She, as a veil, down to the slender waist Her...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - English poetry - 1831 - 418 pages
...men ; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd; For contemplation he and valor form'd ; For softness she and sweet attractive grace ; He for...only, she for God in him. \ His fair large front and e^e «ААш uwääV^. 52 MILTON. Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock...
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Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with ...

William Godwin - Human beings - 1831 - 504 pages
...modify and abate it, than the inequality of the sexes. Let us attend to it as it stands in Milton : For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness...sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God in him. Thus it is painted to us as having been in Paradise ; and with similar inequality have the...
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Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with ...

William Godwin - Human beings - 1831 - 614 pages
...modify and abate it, than the inequality of the sexes. Let us attend to it as it stands in Milton : For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness...sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God in him. Thus it is painted to us as having been in Paradise ; and with similar inequality have the...
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Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with ...

William Godwin - Human beings - 1831 - 496 pages
...modify and abate it, than the inequality of the sexes. Let us attend to it as it stands in Milton : For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness...sweet attractive grace ; He for God only,, she for God in him. Thus it is painted to us as having been in Paradise ; and with similar inequality have the...
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Sig. 2x2-4B3 of vol.1 . Lectures, delivered in the Royal academy

James Barry - 1831 - 228 pages
...This general characteristic discrimination is touched in a masterly manner by our great poet, /^~^\ " For contemplation He, and valour formed, For softness She, and sweet attractive grace ; More fair, more winning soft, more amiably mild." Thus, this wise and orderly arrangement of proportionate...
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