...; who, though he asserts his superiority of reason in his debates with the mother of mankind, adds, Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she...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...

...; who, though be asserts his superiority of reason in his debates with the mother of mankind, adds, Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so' absolute she...well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or eay, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best : AH higher knowledge in her presence fells Degraded,...

...To me she might represent Milton's glorious picture of unfallen, perfect womanhood, in his Eve: — "Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she...falls Degraded; wisdom, in discourse with her, Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows. Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not...

...to conduct,—the wise, just, symmetrical deportment which cannot be seen without being admired. • When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems,...falls Degraded; wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly showa; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not...

...ornament, in outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact. VOL. III. O When I approach Her loveliness, iO absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well...All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded i wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discountenanc'd, and like folly shows : Authority and reason...

...emotions tell him otherwise: 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,...

...power over him which verges on the "absolute rule" which his fair large front purportedly declares: yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she...say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. The metrical awkwardness of the final line exposes the immense struggle involved in articulating equal...

...Paradise Lost Reconsidered," 321). Adam describes Eve as a woman who has completely enchanted him. that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest,...falls Degraded. Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like Folly shows. Raphael rebukes Adam for exalting Eve above her position in...

...herself complete,'17 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.' — 18 And all this is...

...been told that she was inferior to him 'in the mind / And inward faculties', he confessed to Raphael : yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she...falls Degraded; wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not...