 | James L. Kugel - 1990 - 268 Seiten
...describes Adam and Eve among the other creatures in Eden, they meet the epic requirement without stint. Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native Honor clad In naked Majesty seem'd Lords of all, And worthy seem'd, for in thir looks Divine The image... | |
 | Ray Broadus Browne, Pat Browne - 1991 - 196 Seiten
...beauty mystique. Adam and Eve are beautiful in paradise before the Fall (Paradise Lost, Bk. 4: 288ff): Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, God-like erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty, seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...264-268) 7) the Fiend Saw undelighted all delight, all kind Of living creatures, new to sight and strange: — can heal — For 'tis His institution — and The Adequate of Hell - (1. 9-12) NAAL-1; NOBA; seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker... | |
 | Christopher Norris, Nigel Mapp - 1993 - 344 Seiten
...of realization left Empson sceptical. I had quoted the f1rst appearace of Adam and Eve in the poem: Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honours clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The... | |
 | Kevin P. Van Anglen - 1993 - 280 Seiten
...288-355), a passage that opens with the following moderate puritan treatment of the issue of authority: Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, God-like erect, with native honor clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image... | |
 | James Turner - 1993 - 368 Seiten
...baffling blend of mutuality and hierarchy. First, they are distinguished as a pair from the other animals: "Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, / Godlike erect, with native Honor clad / In naked Majesty seem'd Lords of all." Yet cognizance of their comparatively equal stature... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - 1995 - 292 Seiten
...which Adam and Eve act in the fourth Book. The Description of them as they first appeared to Satan, is exquisitely drawn, and sufficient to make the fallen...those Emotions of Envy, in which he is represented. [288-322] There is a fine Spirit of Poetry in the Lines which follow, wherein they are described as... | |
 | André Verbart - 1995 - 322 Seiten
...silvis scaena coruscis desuper, horremique atrum nemus imminet umbra. 52. PL.1V.288-92 and 300-303 Two of far nobler shape erect and tall. Godlike erect, with native Honour clad In naked majestic seemd Lords of all, And worthie seemd. for in thir looks Divine The image of thir glorious... | |
 | Bonnie Wheeler - 1993 - 372 Seiten
...constitution of the two characters as they first appear nearly one-third of the way through Paradise Lost: 'Two of far nobler shape erect and tall / Godlike erect, with native Honour clad'.9 This language is proudly hierarchical, with the stature of the pair superior to that of the... | |
 | Kristen E. Kvam, Linda S. Schearing, Valarie H. Ziegler - 1999 - 540 Seiten
...created.] the Fiend Saw undelighted all delight, all kind Of living Creatures new to sight and strange: Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native Honour clad In naked Majestic seemd Lords of all, 290 And worthie seemd, for in thir looks Divine The image of thir glorious... | |
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Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe,... 
