...condemn. I refer to that much quoted passage — ' My author and disposer; what thou hid'st Unarjrued I obey ; so God ordains. God is thy law, thou mine...more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.' ' I cite this passage not only because it confirms the assertion which I have made, but because it...

...to address her husband in the ' Paradise Lost :' — " My author and disposer !— What thou bid'st Unargued I obey ; so God ordains. — God is thy law,...to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and chief praise ! •>n. f Mrs. Sandford. § 6. — A large portion of the misery, which is around us...

...Milton understood our nature when he put those words of dependance and tenderness into Eve's mouth : " ' God is thy law, thou mine : to know no more, Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise.' " The gala days of Sir Henry Clinton's reign in New-York are still celebrated in traditionary fireside-stories,...

...when o 2 292 THE LIXWOODS. be put those words of dependence and tenderness into Eve's mouth : — " God is thy law, thou mine : to know no more, Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise." The gala days of Sir Henry Clinton's reign in New York are still celehrated in traditionary rl re-side-stories,...

...for the conversation she has just displayed: "My Author and Disposer, what thou bidd'st / Unargu'd I obey; so God ordains, / God is thy law, thou mine:...more / Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise" (4:635-8). If there is no society among unequals, then Eve's articulate expression of unquestioned...

...scene of seemingly perennial gaiety, will be apt to cry out of Venice, as Eve says to Adam in Milton: With thee conversing I forget all time All seasons and their change — all please alike^*. Was Meyers Erfahrung vom ,gefesselten Blick' bereits angedeutet hatte, vollendet sich bei Piozzi, die...

...for equality.5 To whom thus Eve with perfect beauty adorn'd. My Author and Disposer, what thou bidst Unargued I obey; so God ordains; God is thy law, thou...more Is Woman's happiest knowledge and her praise. ,6 (University of Illinois Press, Urbana 1 983) on 'rational delight,' pp 22-57; on Ovid and Narcissus,...

...their senses. To whom thus Eve with perfect beauty adorn'd. My Author and Disposer, what thou bid'st Unargued I obey; so God ordains; God is thy law, thou...know no more Is Woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.2 These are exactly the arguments that I have used to children; but I have added, your reason...

...him as "my Guide / And my Head," "My Author and Disposer," and declaring, what thou bidd'st Unargu'd I obey; so God ordains. God is thy Law, thou mine:...more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise. (4:442-43. 635-38) God's instructions to Raphael specify that the angel is to "Converse with Adam,"...

...finally unnatural) descendant of Milton's Eve, piously repeating the lesson of female subservience: "God is thy law, thou mine; to know no more / Is Woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.""' Torvald, Nora's guardian and consultant on everything, even to the proper dancing of the Neopolitan...