 | 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... | |
 | 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
...wherein he speaks of Satan : - 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...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,... | |
 | Alexander Crombie - 1809 - 456 pages
...the word other. i * This phraseology is Hebraistic—" more than all his chil" Adam " The comeliest of men since born " His sons. The fairest of her daughters Eve." Milton. " Adam," the antecedent subject of comparison, is here improperly referred to the aggregate... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 518 pages
...which he defcribes Adam and Eve : " Adam the goodlieft man of men fince born " His tons, the faireft of her daughters Eve." It is plain, that, in the former of thefe pafiages, according to the natural fyntax, the Divine Perfons mentioned in the firft line are... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...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•down.;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 656 pages
...minutes pass'd, Crown'd with sublime delight. The loveliest pair That ever yet in love's embraces met : Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve ! " Hail ! Hymen's first, accomplish'd pair ! Goodliest he of all his sons ! Of her daughters she most... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 554 pages
...Johnson's Life of Milton, p. 169, This ex-; pression resembles the following absurdity in Mijton. : " Adam, the goodliest man of men since born . ' -\. His sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve-" ' B. iv. 323. " Maculae, quas ant incuria fudit, Aut bumaua parum cavit natura." At. P. 352. i " No... | |
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Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve. 
