...made both, and less expressing The character of that dominion given 545 O'er other creatures : Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know tier own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best : 550 As one...

...she has, however, that which many good people may deem a full equivalent, namely, wisdom and skill, " So well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, beat." And perhaps the rest of this noble description may be not unfitly...

...be taught ; this is selflearned, self-interpreting. Our first parent and lover addresses Eve — " When I approach her loveliness so absolute she seems....own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best, And create an awe about her as a guard angelic placed." Of earthly...

...character of that dominion given 545 O'er other creatures : Yet when I approach Her loveliness, EO absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well...own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousost, discreetest, best : 550 All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; Wisdom in...

...presented in the following pissage to be found at the end of the eighth Book of Paradise Lost : — When I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems...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...

...intellectually, yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in her self compleat, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, vertuousest, discreetest, best; (Adam's confusion here seems to have produced Milton's worst line!)...

...reflections. To Adam, Eve appears more firmly and immediately grounded in herself and her world than he: "so absolute she seems / And in herself complete, so well to know / Her own" (8.547-49). Eve is capable "Of what was high" but prefers to attend to cares closer to the earth-"her...

...power over him which verges on the "absolute rule" which his fair large front purportedly declares: yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems...own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. The metrical awkwardness of the final line exposes the immense struggle...

...emotions tell him otherwise: yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in her self 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 Degraded, wisdom in discourse...

...told that she was inferior to him 'in the mind / And inward faculties', he confessed to Raphael : yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems...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...