 Before the angel, and of him to ask Chose rather : he, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses : from his lip Not words alone pleas'd her.  The Tatler - Page 186by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1910 - 392 pages
...pleasure she reserved, 50 Adam relating, she sole auditress ; Her husband the relater she preferred Before the Angel, and of him to ask Chose rather ;...With conjugal caresses : from his lip Not words alone pleased her. Oh, when meet now Such pairs, in love and mutual honour joined ? With goddess-like demeanour... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1910 - 832 pages
...auditress; Her husband the relater she preferred Before the Angel, and of him to ask Chose rather; he, f she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and...With conjugal caresses: from his lip Not words alone pleased her. Oh, when meet now Such pairs, in love and mutual honour joined? With goddess-like demeanour... | |
 | Edward Thomas - English poetry - 1911 - 388 pages
...capable her ear Of what was high. Such pleasure she reserved, Adam relating, she sole audi tress. . . . He, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses. We may conclude from this, because it is not alone, that the submissive beauty of a woman made a very... | |
 | John Milton - Puritans - 1912 - 586 pages
...Auditress; Her Husband the Relater she preferr'd Before the Angel, and of him to ask Chose rather : hee, she knew would intermix Grateful digressions, and...high dispute With conjugal Caresses, from his Lip Not~Words alone ple^s'd her. O when meet now Such pairs, in Love and mutual Honour joyn'd? With Goddess-like... | |
 | John Milton - 1917 - 660 pages
...pleasure she reserved, 50 Adam relating, she sole auditress ; Her husband the relater she preferred Before the Angel, and of him to ask Chose rather ;...With conjugal caresses : from his lip Not words alone pleased her. Oh, when meet now Such pairs, in love and mutual honour joined ? With goddess-like demeanour... | |
 | John Milton - 1892 - 672 pages
...pleasure she reserved, , . 50 Adam relating, she sole auditress ; Her husband the.relater she preferred Before the Angel, and of him to ask Chose rather;...conjugal caresses : from his lip , Not words alone pleased her. Oh, when meet now Such pairs, in love and mutual honour joined? With goddess-like demeanour... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 1925 - 450 pages
...Auditress ; Her Husband the Relater she preferr'd Before the Angel, and of him to ask Chose rather : hee, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and...meet now Such pairs, in Love and mutual Honour join'd ? With Goddess-like demeanour forth she went ; Not unattended, for on her as Queen 218 A pomp of winning... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...Such pleasure she reserved, Adam relating, she sole auditress; Her husband the relater she preferred Before the Angel, and of him to ask Chose rather;...With conjugal caresses: from his lip Not words alone pleased her. . Oh, when meet now Such pairs, in love and mutual honour joined? With goddess-like demeanour... | |
 | Leonard Mustazza - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 188 pages
...reserv'd, Adam relating, she sole Auditress; Before the Angel, and of him to ask Chose rather: hee, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and...Caresses, from his Lip Not words alone pleas'd her. (8.48-57) Eve's approach to language and knowledge (again, discourse in line 48 suggesting both) is... | |
 | Charles W. Durham, Kristin Pruitt McColgan - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 316 pages
...Auditress; Her husband the Relater she preferr'd Before the Angel, and of him to ask Chose rather: hee, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and...Caresses, from his Lip Not Words alone pleas'd her. (8.48-57; emphasis mine) Despite the disclaimer that Eve is perfectly capable of understanding and... | |
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