 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 384 pages
...proper, 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 Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues : nor nature... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...thy virtues, them on thee. Heav'n doth with us as we with torches do, Nut light them for themfclvcs : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not. Spirits arc not finclytouch'd. But to fine ilTues : nor nature never lends The fmalleft fcrnple of... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - English language - 1798 - 566 pages
...anticus, eculus, " pro antiquus, equulus, antiqui libri. Cum & quum } cut & qui, Terentius • *' Heav'n doth with us as -we with torches deal, " Not light them FOR themjel-ves : FOR if our virtues " Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike " As if we bad them not"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 518 pages
...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 virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues :7 nor nature... | |
 | 1845 - 786 pages
...with profit to the teaching of our dramatic bard — ' Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, t'were all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues.' Art. II.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 410 pages
...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 virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues : 7 nor... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...his discourse. VIRTUE GIVEN to be EXERTED. (SHAKESPEARE.} HEAV'N dotlvwith 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. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues : nor nature... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 426 pages
...proper, 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 Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues : nor nature... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...proper, 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 Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues : nor nature... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pages
...', 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 Did not go forth with us, 'twere all alike Asifweh;ulthem not. Spiritsarenotfinelytouch'd, Btit to lino issues* * :... | |
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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... 
