 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 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...them not. 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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 404 pages
...thy virtues, them on theeHeaven doth with us, as we with torehes 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. Spirits are uot finely touch 'd, But to fine issues: nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence,... | |
 | Thomas Henry Lister - 1828 - 288 pages
...homeward. CHAPTER XI. Heaven doth with us, as we wi'h torches do, Not light them for themselves: fop if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Measure for Measure. IP Lacy's homeward journey was under a dull, unvarying sky, and through an uninteresting... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...utill the worst. MCCXXXVT. 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...them not. 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,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 822 pages
...Chaucer. The Shipmarmee Tale. Heaven doth with us as we with torches deal, Not light them for themselves ',for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Shakipeare. Measure for ileanere. Tell me what kind of thing is wit : For the first matter loves variety... | |
 | William Thomas Petty- Fitzmaurice (earl of Kerry.) - 1830 - 102 pages
...Measure" there occurs — f 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...them not ; spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues. — ACT I. SCENE 1. The poet here manifestly alludes to the passage in St. MARK, v. 25, &c.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 444 pages
...virtues, them on thee. 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...them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues :e nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But like a thrifty goddess,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 500 pages
...virtues, them on thee. 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...them not. 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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 426 pages
...virtues, them on thee. 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...them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues : * nor nature never lends 1 Immediate choice. * Endowments. The smallest scruple of her excellence,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do : Not light them for themselves: , issues : 7 ) nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess,... | |
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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. 
