 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
 | George Barrell Cheever - Church and state - 1844 - 206 pages
...counteracts our selfishness. Our •world would be an open, undisguised hell of wickedness, if he did not. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves. Heaven makes even a purely ambitious mind, and a 3* purely ambitious hierarchy, in spite of itself,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...childish. Angelo — There is a kind of character in thy lifeThai, to the observer, doth thy history — Fully unfold : thyself and thy belongings, Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtue, then on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves : for... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - Christian life - 1845 - 318 pages
...corruption, which makes goodness singular, renders the display of it more necessary. " Heaven docs with us, as we with torches do. Not light them for themselves : for if our virtuei Did not go forth of us, 't were all the same As if we had them not." Were it not for the few... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...childish. Angelo— There is a kind of character in thy lifeThai, to the observer, doth thy history—' Fully unfold: thyself and thy belongings, Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyselfupon thy virtue, then on thee. ji"< ,'i doth with u« as we with torches do, N'ot light them... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...Angelo — There is a kind of character in thy life—- That, to the obterctr, doth Ihy Aisfory— Fully unfold: thyself and thy belongings, Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyteifupon Ihy virtue, then on the*. Heaifn doth with us as we with torches do, Noi light them for... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1845 - 422 pages
...to the completion of the perfect happiness, to which she was so fully and so justly entitled:— " Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light them for ourselves; for if her virtues Had not gone forth of her, 't were all alike As if she had them not."... | |
 | Charles P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 438 pages
...is a kind of character in thy lifeThai, to the obtener, dolh thy history — Fully unfold : tftysftf and thy belongings, Are not thine own so proper as to waste 7" ч--/ ui rni thy ri'ti". ! \-ч on thee, lira- *n doth with us as we with torcha do, Kot tickt them... | |
 | George Newenham Wright, Charles Henry Timperley - Engraving - 1845 - 258 pages
...STATE FOR THE COLONIES. There is a kind of character in thy life, That to th' observer doth thy history Fully unfold : thyself and thy belongings Are not...own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues} they on thee. SIJAKSPERE. EDWARD GEOFFREY STANLEY, Baron Stanley, of Bickerstaff, in the county of... | |
 | Arts - 1846 - 694 pages
...the principle of et»rnal renewal ? Let ' Nature's laureate bard,' answer : ' Heaven doth with MS ta we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues J LEAVES FROM THE DIARY OF A DREAMER. •.'1 Did not go forth of ni, 'twere all alike As if we had... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 726 pages
...pleasure. Duke. Angelo, There is a kind of character in thy life, That, to Ih' observer, doth thy history illiam" wast« Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do, Not light... | |
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