 | Argentine - 1839 - 380 pagini
... ARGENTINE. t •*» ARGENTINE. " 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." MEASURE FOR MEASURE. LONDON: SMITH, ELDEE, & CO., 65, CORNHILL. 1839.... | |
 | 1839 - 416 pagini
...some time or other, like cork, though kept down io water. — Sir K'. Tonifie. THE MORAL VIRTUES. ** Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light...Did not go forth of us 'twere all alike As if we had thcin not. Spirits are not finely touch 'd But to fine issues : nor nature never tende The smallest... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pagini
...thy history Fully unfold : Thyself and thy belonging* J Duke. Angelo, Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee....Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues As if we had them not. Spicks are not finely touched, Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike But... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1839 - 228 pagini
...corruption, which makes goodness singular, renders the display of it more necessary. " Heaven does with us, as we with torches do, Not light them for...if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all the same As if we had them not." Were it not for the few good men the world always has in it, it would... | |
 | 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...themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go 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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pagini
...the 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....themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of- us, 't were all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are notfinely touched, But to fine issues : nor Nature... | |
 | 1844 - 468 pagini
...forefathers. This is no less than a relighting of the old lamp for its own defunct purposes. But, — " 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... | |
 | Kenneth Muir, Stanley Wells - 1982 - 168 pagini
...will free all from their confinements is never far to seek in the play. It is stated at the outset: If our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all...Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues. (1, i, 33-6) There is repeated insistence that not only must the professors of virtue 'issue' their... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1998 - 228 pagini
...proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues. they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches d0. Not light them for themselves: for if our virtues...forth of us. 'twere all alike As if we had them not. (1.1.30-6l Yet there is a fundamental difference. As the echo from the Gospels makes clear.2 Vincentio... | |
 | Francis Herbert Bradley - 1962 - 364 pagini
...Cf. Aristotle, Pol. vii. i325, b. i4-23. i Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee....if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd We shall return to the question, What is the measure of a man's morality? The general end is self-realization,... | |
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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. 
