And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure (Severe, but in true filial freedom placed), Whence true authority in men ; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal... The Spectator ... - Page 3641803Full view - About this book
| 1836 - 932 pages
...revere and pure ; Severe, but in true filial freedom plac'd: For contemplation he and valour fomrd, | (" declared Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly bung Clust*ring,... | |
| Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1836 - 252 pages
...Ought this to be ? may-be so; lor Milton says, when contrasting the appearance of Adam and Eve, \ " For contemplation he and valour form'd. For softness...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... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...men: though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seemed; For contemplation he and valour formed. and speechless tribes: And thou in this shall find thy monument, When ty in him. (Bk. IV, 1. 295-299) 73 She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses... | |
| Kevin P. Van Anglen - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 280 pages
...in men; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seemed; For contemplation he and valor formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for...for God in him. His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clust'ring,... | |
| James Turner - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 368 pages
...contemplation hee and valor form'd, For softness shee and sweet attractive Grace, Hee for God only, shee 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, but not beneath his shoulders... | |
| Joseph Carroll - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 1096 pages
...in men; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seemed; For contemplation he and valor formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace, He for...for God in him: His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule. Milton's humans are a hybrid race, part divine and part fleshly clay. As in... | |
| James Innell Packer - Religion - 1994 - 372 pages
...differentiation: 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. Now the invocation: Hail wedded love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole... | |
| Patrick Collinson - History - 1994 - 281 pages
...Elizabeth Bowes, it appears to provide a perfect illustration for Milton's profoundly sexist lines: He for God only, she for God in him; His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule. I n most of the transactions we have observed, the man stands between the woman... | |
| Jill Campbell - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 362 pages
...contemplation hee and valor form'd, For softness shee and sweet attractive Grace, Hee for God only, shee 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, but not beneath his shoulders... | |
| Kristin Pruitt McColgan, Charles W. Durham - Great Britain - 1997 - 304 pages
..."though both, Not equal, as their sex not equal seem [sic]; For contemplation, he, and valour formed; For softness, she, and sweet attractive grace; He...for God in him: His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule. She for God in him!" Idolatrous nonsense! which cannot be surpassed by his... | |
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