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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. "
The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes - Page 51
by William Shakespeare - 1810
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Great Truths by Great Authors: A Dictionary of Aids to Reflection ...

Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...and Despondency make them give it up as unattainable. . — Shakspeare. gild refined Gold, to pairit the Lily, To throw a perfume on the Violet, To smooth...of Heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous. ^Pmseberance. — Lucretius. A FALLING Drop at last will cave a Stone. 3PerSebetattCe. — From the...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 686 pages
...With any long'd-for change or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard 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...
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Shakspearian Reader: A Collection of the Most Approved Plays of Shakspeare ...

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 488 pages
...any 1ong'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...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...
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The philosophy of William Shakespeare delineating in seven hundred and fifty ...

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 710 pages
...or better state. SALISBURY. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that waa rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,...heaven to garnish. Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. PEM. But that your royal pleasure must br done, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 627 Being urged at a time unseasonable....
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Shakspere's Werke, herausg. und erklärt von N. Delius ..., Part 152, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 596 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard 3 a title that was rich before , To gild refined gold,...with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven ä to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pern. But that your royal pleasure must be done,...
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Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1858 - 754 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard 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...
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The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1858 - 830 pages
...Pride alone Must tarre the mastiffs on, " SAL. Therefore, to be posscss'd with double pamp, To guard0 of |0 PEM. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient talc new told, And, in the...
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The Plays of Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - Registers of births, etc - 1858 - 836 pages
...alone Must tarre the mastiffs on,SAL. Therefore, to be possess'd with double рэтр, To guard ca title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. РЕМ. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told, And, in...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Ed. from the Folio of ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - Andronicus, Titus (Legendary character) - 1859 - 576 pages
...with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, E" To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice,...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 the...
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Choice thoughts from Shakspere, by the author of 'The book of familiar ...

William Shakespeare - 1861 - 352 pages
...That Hubert, for the wealth of all the world, Will not offend thee. Perfection needs no Addition. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. ****** In this, the antique and well-noted face Of plain old form is much disfigured : And, like a...
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