 Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best.  The Spectator - Side 123af Joseph Addison - 1856Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1776 - 478 sider
...O'erother creatures; yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtucusest, diicreeteot, best; 550 All higher knowledge in her presence fjls Degraded, Wisdom in discourse... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 282 sider
...other creatures ; yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuosest, discreetest, best; 550 Ail higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 sider
...other creatures ; yet, when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete ; so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do...say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best ! 550 All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ! Wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discount'... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 sider
...other creatures; yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do...say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best ; J50 All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse with her Loses discount'nanc'd,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 600 sider
...inward less exact. • .When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discretest, best ; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded : wisdom in discourse with her... | |
 | Pierre-Joseph Boudier de Villemert - 1803 - 218 sider
...a Christian poet: When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete ; so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetestr best I Neither her outside, form'd so fair, nor aught So much delights me as those graceful... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 sider
...mankind, adds, - Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete; so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do...falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discountenanced, and like folly shews ; . . Authority and reason on her wait If there is such a native... | |
 | 1804 - 450 sider
...she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills, or doth, or says, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. All...falls Degraded. Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd, and like folly shews. Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not... | |
 | 1806 - 408 sider
...DESCRIPTION (MILTON.) YET when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuonsest, disc*-eetest best; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 348 sider
...loveEness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills, or do, or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest,...on her wait As one intended first, not after made Occasionally. And, to consummate all, Greatness of mind, and nobleness, their seat Build in her loveliest,... | |
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