 O'er other creatures. Yet 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, virtuousest, discreetest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls...  The British Essayists: The Spectator - Σελίδα 145των Alexander Chalmers - 1802Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
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