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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. "
The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine - Page 279
1879
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...So sweet and voluble is his discourse. VIRTUE GIVEN to be EXERTED. (SHAKESPEARE.} HEAV'N dotlvwith us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves...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...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...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 ; Not light...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...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pages
...and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper ', as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thec. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light...for themselves: for if our virtues Did not go forth with us, 'twere all alike Asifweh;ulthem not. Spiritsarenotfinelytouch'd, Btit to lino issues* * :...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 4

David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1807 - 786 pages
...acknowledge the publick claim to their communications, enforced by the authority of the great moral poet : " Heaven doth with us as we with torches do^ Not light them for themselves." Perhaps the present state of society tends in a peculiar degree to foster general selfishness of character....
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...unknown, the Poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives-.to airy nothing; A local habile. 'ion and a name, Heaven .doth with us as we with torches do,, , Not...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,...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pages
...pleasure. Duke. Angelo, 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 ; Not light...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,...
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Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 394 pages
...belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. fieav'n doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did net go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them hot. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Sketch of the life of Shakspeare. Tempest ...

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 454 pages
...and thy belongings* Are not thine own so propert, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues I>id not go forth of us, 'twere aH alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched, But...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 460 pages
...and thy belongings* Are not thine own so propert, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtnes, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtnes Did noi go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely tonch'd,...
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Twelfth-night. Measure for measure. Much ado about nothing. Midsummer-night ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 pages
...and thy belongings5 Are not thine own so proper,6 as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtue* Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd,...
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