 | George Campbell - 1837 - 612 pages
...' the mother died last of the sons.' This is of a piece with that of our poet : Adam the comeliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve. For my part, I think it much better, in criticising, to acknowledge these to be slips in writing, than... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...ye] Should we not read ' you' ? For what is he speaking to besides Shame ? Jfewton. That ever since in love's embraces met ; Adam the goodliest man of...since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve. Under a tuft of shade, that on a green 325 Stood whisp'ring soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat... | |
 | Henry Brooke - 1839 - 352 pages
...lines of Milton, where, speaking of Adam and Eve, he calls them •" the loveliest pair That ever since in love's embraces met : Adam, the goodliest man of...born, His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve." Th» gentleman perceived my astonishment, and praciously smiling, again asked me what s\im wa< requisite... | |
 | Rembrandt Peale - 1839 - 276 pages
...on, nor shunned the sight Of God or angel, for they thought no ill. So hand in hand they passed ; * * Adam, the goodliest man of men, since born, His sons ; the fairest of her daughters, Eve. Milton. SENTIMENT OF BEAUTY. SOME there are, who contend that the laws of taste are not primitive,... | |
 | 1839 - 598 pages
...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...angel ; for they thought no ill : So hand in hand they poss'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since WhetH 4 Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh fountain side Tlioy sot them... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
...or angel ; for they 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...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... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1841 - 460 pages
...only, she for God in him — * # # * * So hand in hand they passed, the loveliest pair That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of...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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich, George Stillman Hilliard - 1841 - 326 pages
...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 - 1843 - 826 pages
...angel ; for they thought no ill : So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair. That ever since ever in suspense to dwell, Tis now no kettle, but...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... | |
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Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve. 
