“ for nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study houshold good, And good works in her husband to promote. ”
John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667). copy citation
| Author | John Milton |
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| Source | Paradise Lost |
| Topic | women work |
| Date | 1667 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26/pg26-images.html |
Context
“Sole Eve, associate sole, to me beyond Compare above all living creatures dear! Well hast thou motioned, well thy thoughts employed, How we might best fulfil the work which here God hath assigned us; nor of me shalt pass Unpraised: for nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study houshold good, And good works in her husband to promote. Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed Labour, as to debar us when we need Refreshment, whether food, or talk between, Food of the mind, or this sweet intercourse Of looks and smiles; for smiles from reason flow, To brute denied, and are of love the food;”
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