 | L. T. Ventouillac - 1829 - 630 pages
...so frequently and so justly bestowed, were indeed — f " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, I To throw a perfume on the violet, ' To smooth the ice, or add another hue | Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light -To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish." In support of this assertion,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...name a mere Ajax, a man-killing idiot!—Drydex. MLXXXVIL To gild refined gold, to paint the lill - , To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light Is wasteful,... | |
 | 1830 - 192 pages
...language of the great Bard himself— " To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold or paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous... | |
 | John B. Bremner - 1980 - 424 pages
...ridiculous excess" of John's second coronation. To crown him a second time, says Salisbury, is "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, / To throw a.../ To smooth the ice, or add another hue / Unto the rainbow." Go paint the lily, or gild the clouds with sunshine, but don't gild the lily. GLAMOUR A Scottish... | |
 | Deborah T. Curren-Aquino - 1989 - 220 pages
...revolt; Salisbury. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 pages
...OF SALISBURY. Therefore, to be possest with double pomp. To guard a title that was rich before, To And wil@; 3 rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...Kingjohn Life is as tedlous as a twice-told tale. Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. 10305 Kingjohn To London all that life can afford. 5095 Boswell - Life...against it [ghostsl; but all belief is for it. 50 rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish. Is wasteful and ridiculous... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1998 - 324 pages
...SALISBURY Therefore, to be possessed with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, io To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, i again crowned) F}; against crown'd FI 8 longed-for change] F4; long'd-for-changc FI in 1203) and... | |
 | Thomas Leech - 2001 - 328 pages
...be creative. Use your head; explore the whole body of available options. 216 Don't Gild the Lily To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2002 - 244 pages
...Edward— Richard III IILi To be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous... | |
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To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. 
