 thy law, thou mine; to know no more, Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise." And what is the discipline by which we seek to prepare this gentle being for the love-inspiring offices of her station  American Annals of Education - Page 359edited by - 1834Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...beauty' adorn'd. My Author and Dw«ioser, 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 change, all please alike. 64.0 Sweet... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...beauty' adorn'd: My Author and Disposer, what thou bidst, 635 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 thee conversing I forget all time; All seasons and their change, all please alike. 640 Sweet is... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...rest. To whom thus Eve with perfect beauty' adorn'd. My Author and Disposer, what thou bidst 63! 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, all please alike. 640 Sweet is... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...perfect beauty adorn " My author and disposer, what thou bidst Unargu'dI 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, all please alike. Sweet is the... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...perfect beauty adorn'd: " My author and disposer, what thou bidst Unargu'dI 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 cliange, all please alike. Sweet is... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 564 pages
...beauty adorn'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 ; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...beauty adorn'd. •My Author and Disposer, what thou bidst Unargued I obey: So God ordains j God is thy law, thou mine: To know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise. With thce conversing I forget all time; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the... | |
 | John Ovington - Marriage - 1813 - 168 pages
...of all living. * My Author and Disposer, what thou bidst Unarguecl 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, all please alike. Sweet is... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - Education - 1813 - 556 pages
...reliance upon authority is represented some writers as the very essence of female > is thy law—ihou mine; to know no more, Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise. " said Milton: but so said not an higher authoy than Milton, when in cm r • • *"* r - • commended... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...perfect beauty adorn'd : My author anddisposer ! whatthou bid'st Unargu'JI 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 : all please alike. Sweet is... | |
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