 | William Shakespeare - 1821
...virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light them for ourselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere...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 determines... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1822
...observer, doth thy history Fully unfold : thyself and thy belongingsl Are not thine own so proper,2 as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee....us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits arenot finely touch'd, But to fine issues :3 nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence,... | |
 | Arminianism - 1879
...finding scope for the mental activity which an extended system of education is calculated to excite. ' Heaven doth with us as we with torches do: Not light...alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues. Nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823
...observer, doth thy history Fully unfold: Thyself and thy belongings 5 Are not thine own so proper 6 , 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 - 1823
...th' observer, doth thy history Fully unfold : Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee....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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 346 pages
...unknown, the Poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823
...as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Vot u :t nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she... | |
 | 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 - Fore-edge painting - 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... | |
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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. 
