 | 1839 - 598 Seiten
...Milton, being blind, could not detect. We give a single specimen of his notes. It is upon B. IV, 323. " Adam, the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Ere." " I'll not believe this distich to be Milton's. The sense is entirely expressed in the lines... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich, George Stillman Hilliard - 1841 - 326 Seiten
...downcast modesty concealed." But the prize bull belongs to Milton, who, in his Paradise Lost, says, " Adam, the goodliest man of men since born His sons ; the fairest of her daughters, Eve." Such are a few samples of genuine bulls of other than Irish origin; but what story-teller, bringing... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 Seiten
...no ill : So hand in hand they poss'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met : ikin` 4 Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh fountain side Tlioy sot them... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1841 - 460 Seiten
...— * # # * * So hand in hand they passed, the loveliest pair That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve." The sacred institution of marriage was formed in Paradise itself: and here again Milton shall be your... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 492 Seiten
...thought no ill : So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair That ever since in love's embraces met ; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons ; the fairest of her daughters Eve, Under a tuft of shade, that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh fountain-side They sat them... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 Seiten
...no ill : So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair. That ever since in love's embraces met : , Tis now no kettle, but a bell. A wooden jack, which had almost Lost by disuse the Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat them... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 Seiten
...thought no ill: So, hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair That ever since in Love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons ; the fairest of her daughters Eve. Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat them... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 Seiten
...no ill : So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met : t ministers to God's decrees, And executes on Earth what Heaven daughiers Eve. Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh fountain side... | |
 | 1856 - 1432 Seiten
...figure of speech, advisedly, and will defend himself with Milton's often quoted — " Adam, the godliest man of men since born His sons, — the fairest of her daughters, Eve." — Paradise Lost. I notice a growing misuse of the logical term ' ' correlat i ve ," it being often... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1845 - 104 Seiten
...applicable to Madoc than to any long poem thai ever was written." — Life of W. Taylor, vol. ii. p. 87. t " Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve." Paradise Lost. Did not chaste Addison (oh ! noble slip !) First paint his muse a mare and then a ship... | |
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Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve. 
