 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.  Best Thoughts of Best Thinkers: Amplified, Classified, Exemplified and ... - Page 199by Hialmer Day Gould, Edward Louis Hessenmueller - 1904 - 643 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 508 pages
...state. Sal. 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...to garnish , Is wasteful , and ridiculous excess. Pem. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told , And in the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 418 pages
...state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard2 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To, throw a...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pernb. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told3 : And, in... | |
 | 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...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 variant... | |
 | 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...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. [Your behavior] Makes sound opinion sick, and truth suspected, For putting on so new a fashion'd robe.... | |
 | 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 EARL OF PEMBROKE. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new-told;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1998 - 324 pages
...supererogation. Uke much else in the speech, the image may be conventional; see Introduction, p. 81. To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow,...heaven to garnish. Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. PEMBROKE But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told, And in... | |
 | 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...[ghostsl; but all belief is for it. 5096 Boswell - Life taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish. Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. 10306... | |
 | 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...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. Salisbury, King John. 4, 2 Visual aids and effects can be helpful in communication, but can backfire... | |
 | 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...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. Salisbury — King John IV.ii Some men there are love not a gaping pig; Some, that are mad if they... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1989 - 1286 pages
...gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, iron? KING JOHN IV. П. 69-118 m 7 2 EARL OF PEMBROKE. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new-told;... | |
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