| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 412 pages
...faiths of men ne'er stained with revolt ; Fresh expectation troubled not the land, With any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd...heaven to garnish,* Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pem. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told ; And, in the... | |
| 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 376 pages
...revolt; Fresh expectation troubled not the land, With any long'il-for change, or better state. Hal. Therefore , to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard...throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, Of add another due Unto the rainbow, or with taper -light To seek the beauteons eye of heaven to garnish,... | |
| 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 - 1807 - 346 pages
...men ne'er stained with revolt; Fresh expectation troubled not the land, With any long'd-for chiinge, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pem. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told ; And, in the... | |
| William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pages
...long'd-for change, or belter state. Sal. Therefore, tobe possess'd with double pomp, To guard1 a tille that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint...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... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 416 pages
...faiths of men ne'er stained with revolt ; Fresh expectation troubled not the land With any long'd-for change, or better state, Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd...paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. K. John. Some reasons of this double coronation I have possess'd... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...found in the followin g pages, I shall not attempt to make any addition. He has justly observed, that " To guard a title that was rich before, " To gild refined...to garnish, " Is wasteful and ridiculous excess." Let me, however, be permitted to remark, that beside all his other transcendent merits, he was the... | |
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