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" O'er other creatures : yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best : All higher knowledge in her presence falls... "
Oeuvres complètes de m. le vicomte de Chateaubriand: Le Paradis Perdu de Milton - Page 176
by François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from ...

John Milton - 1795 - 282 pages
...know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuosest, discreetest, best; 550 Ail higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse with her Loses discount'nanc'd, and like folly shows ; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not...
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Paradise Lost: With Notes, Selected from Newton and Others, to ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best ! 550 All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ! Wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discount' nanc'd, and, like folly, shows. Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first,...
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Paradise lost, a poem. With the life of the author [by E. Fenton].

John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...to know Her own, that what she wills to do or sa)', Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, hest ; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse with her Loses discount'nanc'd, and like folly shows; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, noi...
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Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711

John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best ; J50 All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, wisdom in discourse with her Loses discount'nanc'd, and like folly shows ; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 600 pages
...complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discretest, best ; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded : wisdom in discourse with her Loses, discountenanc'd, and like folly shows : Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not...
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The Spectator ...

1803 - 418 pages
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Select British Classics, Volume 15

1803 - 364 pages
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 pages
...so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best: All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded,...discourse with her Loses, discountenanced, and like folly shews ; . . Authority and reason on her wait If there is such a native loveliness in the sex, as to...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 500 pages
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded : Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd, and like folly shews ; • ; Authority and roa^on on her wait, As one intended first,...
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