| John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 pages
...beauty adorn'd My Author and Disposer what thon bidd'st 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, all please alike. 640 Sweet... | |
| Elizabeth Wilson - Antislavery movements - 1849 - 390 pages
...as saying to Adam, " My author and disposer, what thou bid'st Urmrgued I obey; so God ordains. God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise !" Thus she must serve the creature instead of the Creator. Man usurps the throne of God. Milton's... | |
| Joseph Hunter - 1850 - 90 pages
...Fourth Book, such as 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. — /. 638. Here the principle is laid down : in the Eighth Book we have the corresponding action.... | |
| Christian life - 1850 - 396 pages
...address to Adam : " My author and disposer, what thou bid'st, Unargued I obey — so God ordains — God is thy law, thou mine — to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise. Now the power ascribed to .man in these lines is too absolute — too authoritative. It is not true... | |
| Joseph Hunter - 1850 - 336 pages
...Fourth Book, such as 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. — I. 638. Here the principle is laid down : in the Eighth Book we have the corresponding action.... | |
| North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1850 - 550 pages
...strain : — ' My author and disposer, what thou bidd'st, Ilnargued I obey; so God ordains. God is ihy law, thou mine ; to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.' The argument ran thus : — The husband is generally the stronger. Policy therefore requires that he... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...LOVE. My anthor and disposer, what thon bid'st, Unargned I obey : so God ordains ; God is thy law, thon mine : to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise. With thee eonversing I forget all time ; All seasons, and their ehange, all please alike. Sweet is... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - 1851 - 494 pages
...Remains, 303. ciently humble to suit the taste of the heathen persecutors of the Christian faith ! " God is thy law, thou mine ; to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise."* However, without laying stress on such passages, it is certain that, on the ground of the just supremacy... | |
| Gardiner Spring - Bible - 1851 - 400 pages
...not mortifying to her, as it is to man ; she is not ashamed of it, but rather is it her pride. " God is thy law, thou mine ; to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise." There is a peculiarity also in woman's love of power ; it is not like the love of power in man. She... | |
| Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1851 - 266 pages
...devotion there described. " My author and disposer, what thou bidd'st Unargued I obey: HO 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. 6weet is... | |
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