 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pagini
...only in the second place; the good of those to whom we stand related is the primary object intended. " Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do— Not...forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not." Your capacity for usefulness, therefore, is charged with an amount of obligation proportioned to its... | |
 | Robert Cassie Waterston - 1893 - 702 pagini
...Shakspeare bring home the same truth to our minds, which was proclaimed by apostles and prophets ? — " Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do, Not light...forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not." If we truly have the light, we must, by a spiritual law, seek to diffuse it abroad. Two thoughts connected... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pagini
...Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do;...were all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are notfinely touched, But to fine issues : nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 334 pagini
...self-appreciation, which most men display, who are conscious of superior powers. GIFTS NOT OUR OWN. 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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 pagini
...self-appreciation, which most men display, who are conscious of superior powers. GIFTS NOT OUR OWN. 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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pagini
...self-appreciation, which most men display, who are conscious of superior powers. GIFTS NOT OUR OWN. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light...alike As if we had them not.* Spirits are not finely tonch'd But to fine issues : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 622 pagini
...man of decorum. The Duke afterwards says, " Lord Angelo is precue." Thyself upon thy virtues, they B on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do...Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues : nor nature never lends The smallest seruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 620 pagini
...man of decorum. The Duke afterwards says, " Lord Angelo is precise." Thyself upon thy virtues, they a on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do...alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch 'd But to fine issues : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1851 - 282 pagini
...is in them both? Better is he that hideth his folly, than he that hideth his wisdom." " Heaven does with us as, we with torches do, — Not light them...alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched But for fine issues — nor Nature ever lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But like... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pagini
...Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do...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... | |
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Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they 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, 't were all alike As if we... 
