 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...range of poetic fancy, to soothe, to interest, to charm and transport the soul. " Adam the goodliest of men since born " His sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve "— the progenitors of the whole human race. While the elegant mediocrity of modern poetry is passing... | |
 | 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
...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 315 Stood whisp'ring soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...Son except, Created thing nought valu'd he nor shunn'cl. 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. It is plain, that in the former of these passages according to the natural syntax, the divine persons... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 1807 - 556 pages
...wretched nonsense of it. " But the /rise bull belongs to Milton, who, in his Paradise Lost, sings :— " * Adam, the goodliest man of men since born His sons ; the fairest of her daughters, Eve.' " " A WELCH BULL.—In some part of South Wales, where inundation* •were frequent, a board was raised... | |
 | Anecdotes - 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 - English language - 1809 - 456 pages
...own. The comparative required the terms to be contrasted by the word other. i " Adam " The comeliest of men since born " His sons. The fairest of her daughters Eve." Miltort, " Adam," the antecedent subject of comparison, is here improperly referred to the aggregate... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 312 pages
...Son except, Created thing nought vulu'd lie nor shunn'd: 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. It is plain, that in the former of these passages, according to the natural syntax, the divine persons... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 564 pages
...no ill : So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met j 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... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 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... | |
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lines— Adam, the goodliest man of men since born, His sons ; the fairest of her daughters, Eve. Yet these Bentley (the greatest 
