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" 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 Shakespeare, in Six Volumes; with Notes by Joseph ... - Page 327
by William Shakespeare - 1789
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 4

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 458 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard6 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, and add another hue 1 owei :] ie Pouesses. * closely — ] ie Secretly, privately....
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Gathered Flowers: Chiefly from the Works of the British Poets

1832 - 206 pages
...as the rudest wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale. 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...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ...

William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...any longed-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard s) himself, Though yet he never harm'd me, here I quit...He knows himself my bed he hath defil'd; ") And a smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye...
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The Young Gentleman's Book: Containing a Series of Choice Readings in ...

1834 - 498 pages
...repeating what must be obvious to every one that has read his valuable works. Shakespeare tells us " 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...
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The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...troubled not the land, With any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to bo possess'd C : 4 6 7 \ 8 ... - . / ' 1 ) * t u v w x z 2 g h i j k l m n o < = > smooth trie ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye...
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Winter's tale. Comedy of errors. Macbeth. King John. Richard II. Henry IV, pt. 1

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possessed with double pomp, 1 Owns. a ie secretly. To guard1 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...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...
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Select plays from Shakspeare; adapted for the use of schools and young ...

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 624 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard3 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...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...
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An Essay on the Nature, the End, and the Means of Imitation in the Fine Arts

Quatremère de Quincy (M., Antoine-Chrysostome) - Aesthetics - 1837 - 466 pages
...requires more feeble verse, and the greater its own riches, the less does it need those of poetry. " To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined...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...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1837 - 516 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Hal. Therefore, to be ponseu'd with double pomp, To guard1 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth tlie ice, or odd another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...— Mouldeth goblins swift as frenzy thoughts. 26— v. 11. 165 Superfluous excess. To be possess'd with double pomp, To guard" a title that was rich...paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue r The style of gods, means, an exalted language ; such as we may...
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