 | John Corry - 1809 - 262 pages
...characters to pursue the path of integrity ; but in other respects such praises are superfluous. " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light, To seek the beautious eye of heav'n to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess." THE... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 pages
...expectation troubled not the land, With anv long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to tie possess'd with double pomp, To guard* a title that...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pemb. Rut that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told ; And, in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 534 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,...Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beanteous eye of heaven to garnish J, Js wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pem. But that your royal... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 544 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard5 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light •* Go closely in luith me.] ie secretly, privately. * To guard — ] ie to fringe, or lace. To seek... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 454 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guards a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pemb. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told ; And, in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 364 pages
...faiths of men ne'er stained with revolt ; Fresh expectation troubled not the land, With any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd...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 - 1813 - 476 pages
...faiths of men ne'er stained with revolt; Fresh expectation troubled not the land, With any iJng'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd...taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, It wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pem. But that your royal pleasure mast be done, This act is as... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 942 pages
...land, With any long'd-for change, or belter state. SaL Therefore, to be possess'd with double puin¡'. To guard a title that was rich before. To gild refined...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess* Pemb. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told ; And, in... | |
 | 1814 - 752 pages
...For ye shall find he will outstrip all praise, And maku it halt behind him : — 'twere as well To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous face of Heav'n to garnish. Oh I he 's above all praise : it were all one That I should love a bright... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 372 pages
...long'd-for change, or better state. " Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard 9 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Sal. In this, the antique and well-noted face Of plain old form is much disfigur'd : And, like a shifted... | |
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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. 
