 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.  Le paradis perdu - Page 246de John Milton - 1837 - 495 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...first parents. Nothing could be more simply passionate than the summing up of this great description: So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair That ever since in love's embraces met, . . . Adam's reception of Raphael in Book V gives Milton the opportunity to emphasize the beauty of... | |
 | F. F. Bruce, Frederick Fyvie Bruce - 1984 - 478 pages
...literature to this "exclusive" use of a superlative is the couplet from Milton's Paradise Lost IV.323.24; Adam, the goodliest man of men since born His sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve. AW Argyle, remarking that most commentators are content to quote as a biblical Greek parallel лoштос... | |
 | Stephen Prickett - 1986 - 324 pages
...between different sets of expectations, and it is precisely this tension that Milton cannot allow: Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat them down; and, after no more toil Of their sweet gardening labour than sufficed To recommend... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 pages
...his happiest life, Simplicitie and spotless innocence. So passd they naked on, nor shund the sight Of God or Angel, for they thought no ill: So hand in hand they passd, the lovliest pair That ever since in loves imbraces met, Adam the goodliest man of men since born His Sons,... | |
 | F. F. Bruce, Frederick Fyvie Bruce - 1984 - 478 pages
...literature to this "exclusive" use of a superlative is the couplet from Milton's Paradise Lost IV. 323-24: Adam, the goodliest man of men since born His sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve. AW Argyle, remarking that most commentators are content to quote as a biblical Greek parallel лрштоç... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...not guilty shame: dishonest Shame Of Nature's works, Honour dishonourable. (Bk. IV, 1. 304-314) 74 Come pensive Nun, devout and pure, Sober, steadfast, and demure, All in a robe of da (Bk. IV, 1. 323-324) 75 "My author and disposer, what thou biddest Unargued I obey; so God ordains,... | |
 | John S. Tanner - 1992 - 226 pages
...his happiest life, Simplicity and spotless innocence. So pass'd they naked on, nor shunn'd the sight Of God or Angel, for they thought no ill: So hand in hand they pass'd, the lovliest pair That ever since in love's imbraces met . . . Innocence is here felt to be a condition... | |
 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 pages
...on, nor shunned the sight Of God or Angel; for they thought no ill; 320 So hand in hand they passed, the loveliest pair That ever since in love's embraces...daughters Eve. Under a tuft of shade that on a green They sat them down; and, after no more toil Of their sweet gard'ning labour than sufficed To recommend... | |
 | Clay Daniel - 1994 - 194 pages
...The image of thir glorious Maker shone" (4.291-92). The narrator, foreshadowing the fall, describes "Adam the goodliest man of men since born / His Sons, the fairest of her Daughters Eve" (4.323-24). When we read these glowing descriptions of Adam and Eve, we should see them through Satan's... | |
 | Clive Hart, Kay Gilliland Stevenson - 1995 - 260 pages
...either side of a triptych with their entire future progeny between them: So hand in hand they passed, the loveliest pair That ever since in love's embraces...since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve. (1v. 321—4) An important pre-echo of the epic's final sentence, the phrase 'hand in hand' hints at... | |
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