 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 68by John Milton - 1903 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1836 - 252 pages
...not effemis-^ ate ; soul-subduing, but not self-satisfied. " For contemplation he and valour form'd, For softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him." The Fornarina is plucking a rose to pieces, a white rose, as her head bends gracefully over... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - English fiction - 1836 - 780 pages
...better in three lines than I could in three volumes:— " For contemplation he, and valour form'd. For softness she, and sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God in him." " Delightful!" cried Georgina, and a soft sigh, (certainly not one of pain) stole from her... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - English literature - 1837 - 380 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 in him.: His fair large front and eye sublime declar'd Absolute rule ; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clust'ring,... | |
 | Phrenology - 1837 - 770 pages
...is transcendently given in the description of the divine Milton, beginning with thevords— " Both Not equal as their sex, not equal seemed ; For contemplation...formed, For softness she, and sweet attractive grace ; His fair large front and eye sublime declared He for God only, she for God in him— Absolute rule... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...séduisante; LUI, pour DIEU seulement; ELLE, pour DIEU en Lui. Le beau et large front de l'homme et Absolute rule ; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad. She, as a veil, down to the slender waist Her unadorned golden tresses... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1838 - 396 pages
...severe and pure, (Severe, hut in true filial freedom placed,) Whence true authority in men; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seemed; For contemplation...sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him.—MILTON. DIED, AM 930. THE beings thus beautifully described by the poet were the parents... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1838 - 538 pages
...not by the amount of animal strength, but by the habitual justice and temperance of their conduct." " His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute...from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad." And the soul of this divine creature is excellent as his form. The... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1838 - 516 pages
...severe and pure; Severe, but in true filial freedom plac'd; Whence true authority in men: though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seemed ; For contemplation he and valor form'd, ' For softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him. Were... | |
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1839 - 264 pages
...seem'd : For contemplation he, and valour form'd; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace j He for God only, she for God in him. His fair large front,...from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad; She as a veil, down to her slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses... | |
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