 | E. H. Seymour - 1805 - 498 ページ
...Spirits are not jinely touch'd." The hypevmeter might be obviated in this manner — 'Twere all alike, " We had them not ; spirits are not finely touch'd, " But to fine issues; nor nature never lends." This is not a double negative, as Mr. Steevens calls it ; " nor" is the appropriate negative conjunction,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1805 - 456 ページ
...unknown, the Poet's pen Turns them to fhape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. HEAVEN doth with us as we with torches do,. Not light them for themfelves: for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 ページ
...and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper ', as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thec. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light...for themselves: for if our virtues Did not go forth with us, 'twere all alike Asifweh;ulthem not. Spiritsarenotfinelytouch'd, Btit to lino issues* * :... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1807 - 786 ページ
...acknowledge the publick claim to their communications, enforced by the authority of the great moral poet : " Heaven doth with us as we with torches do^ Not light them for themselves." Perhaps the present state of society tends in a peculiar degree to foster general selfishness of character.... | |
 | John Walker - 1810 - 394 ページ
...belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. fieav'n doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did net go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them hot. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 454 ページ
...and thy belongings* Are not thine own so propert, 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 I>id not go forth of us, 'twere aH alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched, But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 460 ページ
...and thy belongings* Are not thine own so propert, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtnes, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtnes Did noi go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely tonch'd,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 ページ
...and thy belongings5 Are not thine own so 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 virtue* Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 436 ページ
...pleasure. Duke. Angelo, Are not thine own so proper, as to -waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light...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 her excellence, But,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 ページ
...belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy Virtues, them on thee. "526". Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for ourselves : for if our Virtues Did not go forth of us*, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. 527... | |
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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. 
