...Eve's appearance in the garden as follows: "though both, Not equal, as their sex not equal seem [sic]; For contemplation, he, and valour formed; For softness,...large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule. She for God in him!" Idolatrous nonsense! which cannot be surpassed by his holiness the Pope. 15 sees...

...Herself a fairer fl¿r by gloomy Dis Was gathered, which cost Cares all that pain. 7594 Paradise Lost For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness...large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule. 7595 ParadIse Lost And by heryielded, by him best received, Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,...

...or "to set against." In Milton's Paradise Lost (1667), Adam and Eve are described using antitheses: For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness...sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him. see: epigram, figure of speech, oxymoron Book V, lines 297-299 Aphorism - a brief, pithy, usually...

...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. (4.188-99) Both are 'lords of all', full of divine attributes, and placed in filial freedom....

...In particular, it circulates obsessively around two lines delineating the difference between them: “For contemplation he and valour formed, / For softness she and sweet attractive grace.” The Eastern Eve in Owenson's tableau is lovely, luxuriant, radiant in her luster, and attractive in...

...rule over you”), strongly emphasizes the superiority of Adam over Eve, even before sin: though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seemed; For contemplation he and valor formed, For softness she and sweet attentive grace; He for God only, she for God in him. His...

...and pure — Severe, but in true filial freedom placed, 295 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; 300 His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round...

...severe and pure, Severe but in true filial freedom placed; Whence true authority in men; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seemed; For contemplation...formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace. (LM 4.284-98) The "unequal" or disproportioned appearances of our first parents would seem to warrant...

...syntax of compliance, sexual attractiveness, and subordination to Adam: For contemplation he and valor formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him. (PL 4-297-9) Aware that this formation has been so credited as to be routinely quoted in conduct...

...royal, with Eve as his subject, and he resembled Samson: His fair large front and eye sublime declar'd Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad. (Paradise Lost, iv. 300) Royalty is both a psychic principle and a...