ience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.

_Twelfth Night, A. 2, S. 4._

She shall be
A pattern to all ... living with her....
Holy and heavenly thoughts shall still counsel her;
She shall be lov'd and fear'd. Her own shall bless her....
... Those about her
From her shall read the perfect ways of honour....
... Yet a virgin,
A most unspotted lily shall she pass
To the ground, and all shall mourn her.

_Henry VIII., A. 5, S. 4._

JOHN MILTON.

Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eye,
In every gesture dignity and love.

_Paradise Lost, Book 8._

When I approach
Her loveliness, so absolute she seems
And in herself complete, so well to know
Her own, that what she wills to do or say
Seems wisest, virtuest, discreetest, best.

_Paradise Lost, Book 8._

Nothing lovelier can be found
In woman than to study household good,
And good works in her husband to promote.

_Paradise Lost, Book 9._

For contemplation he and valour form'd;
For softness she and sweet attractive grace;
He for God only, she for God in him.

_Paradise Lost, Book 4._

Among daughters of men ...
Many are in each region passing fair
As the noon sky; more like to goddesses
Than mortal creatures; graceful and discreet;
... Persuasive ...
Such objects have the power to soften and tame
Severest temper.

_Paradise Regained, Book 2._

Ladies, whose bright eyes
Rain influence.

_L'Allegro._

Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined.

_Sonnet._

O fairest of Creation, last and best
Of all God's works, creature in whom excell'd
Whatever can to sight or thought be form'd,
Holy, divine, good, amiable, or sweet!

_Paradise Lost, Book 9._

Curiosity, inquisitive, importune
Of secrets, then with like infirmity
To publish them, both common female faults.

_Samson Agonistes._

In argument with men, a woman ever
Goes by the worse, whatever be her cause.

_Samson Agonistes._

Thus it will befall
Him who to worth in woman overturning
Lets her will rule; restraint she will not brook,
And left to herself, if evil thence ensue,
She first his weak indulgen