 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 8by William Shakespeare - 1788Full view - About this book
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...fail ; and that should teach us, There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Roughhew them how we will. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves : for if qur virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere ;ill alike As if we had them not. Spirits arc not finely... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 844 pages
...¡iukt. Angelo, There it л kind of character in thy life. That, to the observer, doth thy history watte Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thceHeaven doth with us, as we wiih torches do ; Not light... | |
 | Thomas Henry Lister - 1828 - 326 pages
...morning before Agnes had appeared at the breakfast-table, Lacy was on his road homeward. CHAPTER XI. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do, Not light...them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go foith of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Measure for Measure. IF Lacy's homeward journey... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 404 pages
...character in thy life, That, to the ohserver doth thy history Fully unfold: Thyself and thy helongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on theeHeaven doth with us, as we with torehes do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...bestows blind gifts, that still have nurst, They see not who, nor how, but still the worst. MCdXXXVI. Heaven doth With us, as we with torches do; Not light them for themselves: for if our virtues As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike But... | |
 | John Galt - Rochester (N.Y.) - 1830 - 338 pages
...natural alert disposition, I was not long of following up the advantage to a consummation. CHAPTER XII. " Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves." EVERY day, and almost every hour of every day, convinced me that it was not amongst " the good society"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 542 pages
...pleasure. Duke. Anéelo, There is a kind of character in thy life, That, to the observer doth thy history d not wasto Thyself upon thy virtues^ them on ihee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light... | |
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...who desired it. He believed with the bard of Avon — Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own ao proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. Heaven duth will) us, as we with torches do; Not light them for themselves. Notwithstanding the claim he had... | |
 | English literature - 1835 - 344 pages
...I'REDESTINATED ROGUE. tinctly their deformity, but still burning pure and bright amid their loathsomeness. — " Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Do not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to... | |
 | Science - 1836 - 866 pages
..." Duke — 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...on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, , ,tt Not light them for themselves. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues." r. '.I >.... | |
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