 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...utill the worst. MCCXXXVT. 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...them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues: nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But like a thrifty goddess,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 pages
...Chaucer. The Shipmarmee Tale. Heaven doth with us as we with torches deal, Not light them for themselves ',for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Shakipeare. Measure for ileanere. Tell me what kind of thing is wit : For the first matter loves variety... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 444 pages
...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...them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues :e nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But like a thrifty goddess,... | |
 | William Thomas Petty- Fitzmaurice (earl of Kerry.) - 1830 - 102 pages
...Measure" there occurs — f 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...them not ; spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues. — ACT I. SCENE 1. The poet here manifestly alludes to the passage in St. MARK, v. 25, &c.... | |
 | Gary Schmidgall - 1990 - 256 pages
...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 had them not. [1.1.29-35] But what sinks Venus in Adonis's and the reader's minds is the Duke's next line: "Spirits... | |
 | Russell Jackson, Robert Smallwood - 1993 - 246 pages
...and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. (lines 29-35) The implication is one of self-criticism by way of praising Angelo. Once he tells Angelo... | |
 | David Haley - 1993 - 332 pages
...Grace? Not so, friend, honor and lordship are my titles. 7. By the same rule that he set for Angelo ("If our virtues / Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike / As if we had them not" [li 33-35]), the Duke's public virtue requires perfecting by marriage. Even here, the Duke's fate reciprocates... | |
 | Carol Ochs - 1997 - 206 pages
...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 had them not.13 Beyond Images Beyond the image of the mother, is there anything that can aid us on the way that... | |
 | David Boucher - 1997 - 364 pages
...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...them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues. [William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act One, Scene One, lines 31-3] will; in collisions,... | |
 | Harry Berger, Peter Erickson - 1997 - 532 pages
...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 had them not. (1.1.29-35) If Angelo hasn't yet published his virtues, what is the content of his already unfolded... | |
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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. 
