 | Judith A. Stein - 1999 - Liczba stron: 180
...Adam makes that association when he reveals to Raphael that Eve in her loveliness seems absolute and complete: so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, vertuousest, discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, Wisdom in discourse... | |
 | Desiree Hellegers - 2000 - Liczba stron: 250
...own actions; in his judgment the "Wisdom" that she supplies surpasses all other forms of knowledge: Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself...presence falls Degraded, Wisdom in discourse with her Looses discount'nanc't, and like folly shows; Authority and Reason on her wait. (547—54) Adam's elevation... | |
 | Victoria Silver - 2001 - Liczba stron: 432
...pregnant with misunderstanding: when 1 approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in her self complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, and discreetest, best; All higher wisdom in her presence falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse with her... | |
 | F. Regina Psaki, Charles Hindley - 2001 - Liczba stron: 394
...of beauty's powerful glance," (VIII, 528-533) Eve's beauty is quite overwhelming for Adam: "...yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems...falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse with her Loses discount'nanced, and like folly shows; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not... | |
 | Wendy Steiner - 2002 - Liczba stron: 332
...nature bestowed on Eve Too much of Ornament, in outward show Elaborate, of inward less exact. . . . yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems...discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded.92 Milton, despite his puritanism, shows great susceptibility to the ornamental woman —... | |
 | Claudia L. Johnson - 2002 - Liczba stron: 314
...herself complete," by possessing all these frivolous accomplishments, so changes the nature of things "That what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest,...falls Degraded. Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd, and, like Folly, shows; Authority and Reason on her wait." And all this is built on... | |
 | Joshua Scodel - 2002 - Liczba stron: 388
...he knows full well to be invalid — that Eve has no need of and is therefore superior to him: ... so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so...say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. (8.547-550) Adam's oscillation between regarding Eve as excessive and as perfectly complete reveals... | |
 | Susannah B. Mintz - 2003 - Liczba stron: 276
...her the inferior . . . ... yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in her self complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills...presence falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse with her Looses discountenanced, and like folly shows; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first,... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - Liczba stron: 1084
...who made both, and less expressing The character of that Dominion giv'n 545 O'er other Creatures; yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems...she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discrcetest, best; 550 All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, Wisdom in discourse with... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - Liczba stron: 1012
...given O'er other creatures; yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in her self complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills...do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best;0 550 All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse with her Loses... | |
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O'er 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, virtuousest, discreetest, best... 
