“Sweet grave aspect.”

Second Week, Fourth Day, Book i. Compare: "That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin", William Shakespeare, King Henry VIII, Act iii, Scene 2; "With grave Aspect he rose", John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book ii, line 300.
La Seconde Semaine (1584)

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