To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare - Page 398by William Shakespeare - 1826Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 480 pages
...long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. 160 Pemb. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This aft is as an ancient tale new told ; And,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 630 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told; And, in the last repeating, troublesome, Being urged at a time unseasonable. Sal. In this, the antique... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 412 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard' a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told ; And, in the last repeating, troublesome, Being urged at a time unseasonable. Sal. In this, the antique... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 488 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard5 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light 4 Go closely in with me.] ie secretly, privately. * To guard — ] ie to fringe, or lace. To seek the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 480 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard5 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light 4 Go closely in with me.] ie secretly, privately. To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 432 pages
...the land, With any long'd-for change, or better state. To guard a title that was rich before 40, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily. To throw a perfume...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pemb. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told ; And, in... | |
| Thomas Pike Lathy - Gothic revival (Literature) - 1806 - 328 pages
...have added another charm would have been superfluous ; as, in the words of our immortal poet— To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or, with taper lijht, To seek the beauteous eye of hcav'n to garnish, » Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 428 pages
...Malone. It should he rememhered, that King John was at present crowned for ihefaurth time. Steevens. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainhow, or with taper-light To seek the heauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 436 pages
...Johnson. It should he rememhered, that King John was at present crowned for ii:e fourth time. Steevem. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainhow, or with taper-light To seek the heauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 432 pages
...view of confirming his title to the throne, his competitor no longer standing in his way. Malone. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainhow, or with taper-light To seek the heauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous... | |
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