| David Williams - 1999 - 534 ページ
...nature of things • 342 • That what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded. Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanc'd, and, like Folly, shows; Authority and Reason on her wait.' And all this is built on... | |
| Judith A. Stein - 1999 - 180 ページ
...so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, vertuousest, discreetest, best; All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded, Wisdom in discourse with her Looses discount'nanc't, and like folly shewes; Authoritie and Reason on her wake, As one intended first,... | |
| Kristin A. Pruitt, Charles Durham, Charles W. Durham - 2000 - 324 ページ
...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 with her Loses discount'nanc't, and like folly shows. (546-53) As virtually every commentator on the poem has pointed... | |
| Desiree Hellegers - 2000 - 250 ページ
...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 with her Looses discount'nanc't, and like folly shows; Authority and Reason on her wait. (547—54) Adam's elevation... | |
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