 | William Shakespeare - 1824
...observer, doth thy history Fully unfold : thyself and thy belongings * Are not thine own so proper f, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee....Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues J : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 385 pages
...note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. MEASURE FOR MEASURE. ACT I. VIRTUE GIVEN TO BE EXERTED. HEAVEN doth with us, as we with torches do; Not light...Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues*: nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines... | |
 | British poets - 1824
...starv'd, and ravenous. There's ne'er a villain, dwelling in all Denmark, But he's an arrant knave. VIRTUE. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light...forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Forgive me this my virtue : For, in the fatness of these pursy times, Virtue itself of vice must pardon... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 896 pages
...observer, doth tliy history Fully unfold : Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, it we had them not. Spiritsare not finely tonch'i]. Bat to fine issues : nor nature never lends The... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825
...them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do . Not light them for themselves : for if oar virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As...Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues :t nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826
...observer, doth thy history Fully unfold : Thyself and thy belongings * Are not thine own so proper6, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee....never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines Herself the glory of a creditor, 4 with special soul Elected... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826
...the observer doth thy history Fully unfold : Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper5, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee....them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues6: nor nature never lends7 The smallest scruple of her excellence, 5 So much thy own property.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826
...the observer doth thy history Fully unfold : Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper5, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee....them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues6: nor nature never lends7 The smallest scruple of her excellence, 5 So much thy own property.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 960 pages
...the observer, doth thy history Fully unfold : Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, bad them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues : nor nature never lends The smallest... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 345 pages
...do; Not light them for themselves: for if pur virtues * Cool. t Wild appl«s. MEASURE FOR MEASURE. 31 Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we...Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues:* nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines... | |
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Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do; Not light them for themselves: for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. 
