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. The Works of William Shakespeare - Page 51by William Shakespeare - 1810Full view - About this book
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 pages
...the love and admiration of his age, and more than one country. A ,'% ; " Therefore to be possessed with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before,...ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of Iieav'n to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess." The... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 pages
...admiration of his age, and more than one country. '• Therefore to be possessed with double pom j-, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined...ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess." The... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...expectation troubled not the land, With any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp. To guard a title that...taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnnb, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pern. But that your royal pleasure must h done, This act... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1820 - 596 pages
...articles when in. them consisted all I knew of the lady. Besides, you ha,ve yourself seen her, and •To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.* I therefore proceed to what will interest you more. Though our acquaintance has not been long, yet... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 452 pages
...or lace. See Measure for Measure, vol. ix. p. 105, n. 6. MALONE. So, in The Merchant of Venice : To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...heaven 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 2 ; And, in... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 504 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard 5 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...heaven 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 - 1823 - 372 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard8 a title that was rich before,. To gild refined gold,...the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, arid ridiculous excess. Pemb. But that your royal pleasure must be done. This act is as an ancient... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 518 pages
...troubled not the land, With any loiig'd-for change, or belter state. .v. / Therefore, to be poraess'd with double pomp To guard* a title that was rich before,...heaven to garnish,? Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pern. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told ; And, in... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 344 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard ta title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish J, » Secretly. f Lacn. » Decorate. Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pern. But that your royal... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...could bear , That, when the sea was calm, all boats alike Show'd mastership in floating PERFECTION. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, PHILOSOPHY. Hang up philosophy ! Unless philosophy can make a Juliet, Displant a town, reverse a prince's... | |
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