 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...thing nought valu'd he nor shunn'd. And that in which he describes Adam and Eve. Adam tKe i;odlic,t man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her...the first line are represented as created beings; aod that in thp other, Adam and Eve are confounded with tlieir sons and daughters. Such little blemishes... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...no ill. 320 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 325 Stood whisp'ring soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...ill : 320 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 315 Stood whisp'ring soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat... | |
 | 1803 - 412 pages
...Created thing nought valu'd he nor shunn'd :' « Nos. 267, 273, 279. and that in which he describes Adam and Eve : ' Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.1 It is plain, that in the former of these passages, according to the natural syntax, the divine... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - 1803 - 322 pages
...confounds them all together, in a manner, for which any irishman would have been laughed to scorn. ' Adam, the goodliest man of men since born, ' His sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve/ * t Yet Addison, who notices these blunders, calls them only little blemishes. Scotchman.—" He does... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...-God and his Son except, Created thing nought valu'd he nor shunn'd. And that in which he describes Adam and Eve : Adam the goodliest man of men since...as created beings ; and that in the other, Adam and P^ve are confounded with their sons and daughters. Such little blemishes as these, when the thought... | |
 | E. H. Seymour - 1805 - 500 pages
...in which, I think, the construction of the following passage in. Paradise Lost can be made out : " Adam the goodliest man, of men since born " His sons ; the fairest of her daughters Eve." 372. " With what his valour did enrich his wit, " His wit set down, to make his valour live." There... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...ill : 320 So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair 1 hat 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 325 Stood whisp'ring soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 304 pages
...God and his Son except, Created thing nought valu'd he nor shunn'd : ami that in which he describes Adam and Eve : Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Ere. It is plain, that in the former of these passages, according to the natural syntax, the divine... | |
 | 1809 - 562 pages
...blindness. Johnson's Life of Milton, p. 169. This expression resembles the following absurdity in Milton. " Adam, the goodliest man of men since born His sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve," B. iv. 323. " Maculae, quas aut incuria fudit, Aut humana parum cavit natura." Ai.P. 352. No apology,... | |
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Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve. 
