 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1802
...authority is reprcfented by fome writers as the very eflencc of female virtue. " Ooo is thy lawr-thou mine; to know no more, " Is woman's happieft knowledge, and her praife." So faid Milton: but fo faid not an higher authority than Milton, when in emphatic language he commended... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 256 psl.
...thas Eve, with perfect heauty adora'd: " My author and disposer, what thou bidst Unargn'd I ohey ; s0 God ordains : God is thy law, thou mine : to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise. With thee convening, I forget all time ; All seasons and their change,... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806
...thus Eve, with perfect beauty ndorn'd: " My author and disposer, what thou hidst Unargn'd I obey; so God ordains: God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise. With thee conversing, I forget all time; All seasons and their change,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807
...Eve with perfect beauty' adorn'd. My Author and Disposer, what thou bidst 635 Unargued I obey ; so God ordains ; God is thy law, thou mine : to know no more Is Woman's happiest knowledge and her praise. VVith thec conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their... | |
 | John Milton, Henry John Todd - 1809
...thus Eve, wHh perfect beauty adorn'd. My Author and Difpofer, what thou bidft 633 Unargued I obey: So God ordains; God is thy law, thou mine: To know no...her praife. With thee converting I forget all time; Ver. 627. walk] In tJie firft edition walks; but in the frcond, and all following, walk. NEWTON. "\... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810
...Nature wills, night bids' us rest. EVE. My author and disposer, what thou bid'st Unargu'd I obey, so God ordains. God is thy law, thou mine. To know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise. " With tbee conversing, I forget all time. All seasons, and their... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810
...thus Eve, with perfect beauty adom'd. My Author and Disposer, what thou bidst Unargued I obey: So God ordains ; God is thy law, thou mine: To know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise. 'With thee conversing I forget all time; AH seasons, and their... | |
 | 1806
...with perfect beauty adorn'd. My Author and Disposer, what thou bids! Uiiargued I obey, so God ordaius; God is thy law, thou mine : to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise, With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change,... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 565 psl.
...Eve, with perfect beauty* adorn 'd. " My author and disposer, whatlhou bidst 635 Unargued I obey : so God ordains ; God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise. With thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons and their change,... | |
 | John Ovington - 1813 - 138 psl.
...described in the mother of all living. * My Author and Disposer, what thou bidst Unargued I obey ; so God ordains ; God is thy law, thou mine : to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise. With thee conversing, I forget all time ; All seasons and their... | |
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