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" That to the observer doth thy history Fully unfold. Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues... "
The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ... - Page 264
1806 - 380 pages
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Herbert Lacy

Thomas Henry Lister - 1828 - 930 pages
...appeared at the breakfast-table, Lacy was on his road homeward. CHAPTER XI. Heaven doth with us, a* we with torches do. Not light them for themselves...our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike At if we had theiu not. Meaturefor Measure. IF Lacy's homeward journey was under a dull, unvarying...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 2

John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...gifts, that still have nursl, They sec not who, nor how, but utill the worst. MCCXXXVT. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do; Not light them for themselves:...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. Shakspeare. Mccxxxvn. A boy's being flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the world...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 9

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 pages
...kalendar it is prime of day, Chaucer. The Shipmarmee Tale. Heaven doth with us as we with torches deal, Not light them for themselves ',for if our virtues...forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Shakipeare. Measure for ileanere. Tell me what kind of thing is wit : For the first matter loves variety...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 2

Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...virtues As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike But to fine issues: nor nature never lends The smallest...excellence, But like a thrifty goddess, she determines Both thanks and use. Shakspeare. Herself the glory of a creditor, Mccxxxvn. A boy's being flogged is...
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The Lion [ed. by R. Carlile]., Volume 4

1829 - 842 pages
...torches do. Not light them for themselves, but for their use ; Nor Nature never lendsthe smallest portion of her excellence, But like a thrifty goddess, she...Herself the glory of a creditor, both thanks and use. " They who have this faculty, will love this faculty, and they who have it most, will prize it best....
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 420 pages
...belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves:...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use/ But I do bend my speech To one that can my part in him advertise ;' Hold therefore : — Angelo, In...
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An essay upon the influence of the translation of the Bible upon English ...

William Thomas Petty- Fitzmaurice (earl of Kerry.) - 1830 - 102 pages
...satisfactorily maintained. In the play of "Measure for Measure" there occurs — f Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves...spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues. — ACT I. SCENE 1. The poet here manifestly alludes to the passage in St. MARK, v. 25, &c. where Jesus...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 444 pages
...belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves...Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues :e nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But like a thrifty goddess, she determines...
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 500 pages
...Endowment«. (4) So much thy own property. Thyself upon.thy virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth'with us, as we with torches do; Not light them for themselves...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use.' But I do bend my speech To one that can my part in him advertise ¡ Hold therefore, Angrlo; In our...
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The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakespeare, with Notes ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 542 pages
...of us, 'twere all alike Aa if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touchM, But to fine issues :a y -Q ana use.0 But I do bend my speech To one that can my part in him advertise ;* Hold therefore. — Angelo...
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