 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pagini
...freedom placed), Whence true authority 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 God only, she for God in him. 2. His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule;... | |
 | 1854 - 748 pagini
...his martial fire, and the other her purity. Had he never read Paradise Lost, and heard these lines, " For contemplation he and valor formed— For softness she, and sweet attractive grace," we wager he would have cried aloud "Wallenstein, Wallenstein, Piccolomini, and Thekla." The. whole... | |
 | John Johnston - 1856 - 258 pagini
...such as Milton alleges between Adam and Eve : " Though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seemed : For contemplation he and valor formed ; For softness she and sweet attractive grace." But their natural qualities were such as were exactly suited to each other. The one possessed what... | |
 | Woodbury Melcher Fernald - 1859 - 466 pagini
...more beautiful ; in man harder and rougher, with many differences of gesture, manners, voice, etc. " For contemplation he, and valor formed, For softness she, and sweet attractive grace." It is the qualities of the spirit that have produced these differences, and not vice versa. Even the... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 444 pagini
...the completion of our being in another ;" and the poet of Paradise thus describes the primal fair — "For contemplation he, and valor formed; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace." JJ0nt|jtjJ thus defines the " tender passion :" — " Love may be likened to the sun, under whose influence... | |
 | Woodbury Melcher Fernald - 1859 - 468 pagini
...more beautiful; in man harder and rougher, with many differences of gesture, manners, voice, etc. " For contemplation he, and valor formed, For softness she, and sweet attractive grace." It is the qualities of the spirit that have produced these differences, and not vice versa. Even the... | |
 | william beal - 1860 - 178 pagini
...but a noble expression of man, and Eve lovely beyond the common lot of earth's loveliest children. " Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall ; Godlike erect. For contemplation he, and valour formed; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace. The loveliest pair, That ever since in... | |
 | 1860 - 634 pagini
...and personages by way of contrast. Milton's description of Adam and Eve is familiar to all : — " For contemplation he, and valor, formed, — For softness she, and sweet attractive grace. His fair, large front, and eye sublime, declared Absolute rule, — and hyacinthine locks Round from... | |
 | 1861 - 356 pagini
...the living God, o'envhelmed In misery, and tortured by the stings Of conscious guilt. SAMUEL HAYER For contemplation he, and valor formed; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him. MILTON. Her rash hand, in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit,... | |
 | Christian Nestell Bovee - 1862 - 260 pagini
...better half of creation, men balance the account with their pride by assuming to be the wiser half. "For contemplation he and valor formed; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace." Woman's power is over the affections. A beautiful dominion is hers, but she risks its forfeiture when... | |
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