 | Argentine - 1839 - 380 pages
... ARGENTINE. t •*» ARGENTINE. " 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 touched, But to fine issues." MEASURE... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...country." DR. JOHNSON. MORAL PHILOSOPHY. 1 Gifts, not our own. 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... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - Christian life - 1839 - 228 pages
...goodness singular, renders the display of it more necessary. " Heaven does with us, as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves: for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all the same As if we had them not." Were it not for the few good men the world always has in... | |
 | Robert Cassie Waterston - 1893 - 702 pages
...minds, which was proclaimed by apostles and prophets ? — " Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues...forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not." If we truly have the light, we must, by a spiritual law, seek to diffuse it abroad. Two thoughts connected... | |
 | 1861 - 980 pages
...scriptural than that of many an oracle in the religious world. 'B«na does with us u wo with torches do ; Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of of. 'twere all alike Ai if we bad them not.' 'From the nature of the seed,' say* Knspp, ' we conclude... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 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...forth of- us, 't were all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are notfinely touched, But to fine issues : nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Sir Frederick Beilby Watson - Bible - 1843 - 264 pages
...heart replete with thankfulness ! 2HENRY VI. i. 1. LIGHT. Heaven does with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for, if our virtues Did not go forth with us, 't were all alike As if we had them not. MEASURE FOR MEASURE, i. 1. LAW — (continued). They... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 336 pages
...who are conscious of superior powers. GIFTS NOT OUR OWN. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues...forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not.* Spirits are not finely tonch'd But to fine issues : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Indians - 1844 - 680 pages
...who are conscious of superior powers. GIFTS NOT OUR OWN. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues...forth of us, 't were all 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... | |
 | Architecture - 1844 - 468 pages
...of the old lamp for its own defunct purposes. But, — " 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... | |
| |
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... 
