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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, 'twere all alike As if we... "
Measure for measure. Comedy of errors - Page 8
by William Shakespeare - 1788
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The Speaker, Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1805 - 456 pages
...unknown, the Poet's pen Turns them to fhape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. HEAVEN doth with us as we with torches do,. Not light them for themfelves: for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pages
...Angelo, There is a kind of character in thy life, That, to the observer, doth thy History Fully uulbld: Thyself 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 them for themselves: for if our virtues...
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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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Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 394 pages
...Inferiour. • Angelo — There is a kind of character in thy life. That to the observer doth thy history Fully unfold : Thyself and thy belongings Are not...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...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Sketch of the life of Shakspeare. Tempest ...

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 454 pages
...observer, doth thy history Fully unfold: thyself and thy belongings* Are not thine own so propert, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee....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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Twelfth-night. Measure for measure. Much ado about nothing. Midsummer-night ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 pages
...observer, doth thy history Fully unfold : Thyself and thy belongings5 Are not thine own so proper,6 as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee....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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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 460 pages
...unfold: thyself 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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Aphorisms from Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...kind of character in the life That to the observer doth the history Unfold. 525. TALENTS NOT OUR OWX. Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper,...as to waste Thyself upon thy Virtues, them on thee. "526". Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for ourselves : for if our Virtues...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare. Whittingham's ed, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 532 pages
...pleasure. Duke* An«relo, There is a kind of character in thy life, That, to the observer, doth thy history Fully unfold: thyself and thy belongings Are not thine...proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues^ them on Hire. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves: for if our virtues...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...given to be exerted. THE IK is a kind of character in thy life, That, u> the observer, doth thy rnstory Fully unfold : thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself :!pon ihy virtues, them on thee. Heav'n doth with us as wr with torches do, Not light them for themselves:...
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