 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 542 pages
...and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper,* as to wasto Thyself upon thy virtues^ them on ihee. Made love to Ncdar's daughter, Helena, And won her soul ; and she, sweet lady, dotes, D virtuel Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike Aa if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touchM,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 426 pages
...Thyself and thy belongings 2 Are not thine own so proper,3 as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do...alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues : * nor nature never lends 1 Immediate choice. * Endowments. The smallest... | |
 | Russell Jackson, Robert Smallwood - Drama - 1993 - 246 pages
...into complex and self-deprecating arguments about Angelo's inherent virtue and his public use of it: Thyself 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... | |
 | David Haley - Drama - 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 - Philosophy - 1997 - 206 pages
...the mother suggests that true worship is not to give thanks but to do thanks — to pass on the gift. Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper...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... | |
 | Harry Berger, Peter Erickson - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 532 pages
...unfolded character expressed in the immediately preceding lines: Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they...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... | |
 | Stanley Wells - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 438 pages
...first givers. (3.3.95-7) Here, the Duke tells Angelo that his virtues must be set to work: Heaven does with us as we with torches do, Not light them for...forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. (1.1.32-5) It is a thematic statement whose sexual resonances are explored in the first seventeen of... | |
 | David Boucher - History - 1997 - 364 pages
...man, but something above it and beyond it. And further, again, the good will is presented as one i Thyself and thy belongings 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 them for themselves: for if our... | |
 | Gillian Murray Kendall - Drama - 1998 - 232 pages
...remarks make the practices of heaven in this regard seem suspiciously congruent with those of nature: 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, like... | |
 | Daniel Fischlin, Mark Fortier - English drama - 2000 - 330 pages
...Angelo, There is a kind of character in thy life That to th'observer doth thy history Fully unfold. Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper...alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But, like... | |
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That to the observer doth thy history Fully unfold. Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues... 
