 | William Shakespeare - 1821
...of Honour : " Virtue, if not in action, is a vice, " And, when we move not forward, we go backward." Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch' d, But to fine issues 3 : nor nature never lends 4 The smallest scruple of her excellence, But,... | |
 | 1879
...calculated to excite. ' 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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1822
...virtues, them on thee. 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. Spirits arenot finely touch'd, But to fine issues :3 nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823
...virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Vot light them for themselves : something : any extremity, rather than a mischief....Mrs. Ford. My maid's aunt, the fat woman of Brentford touch'd, But to fine issues :t nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823
...virtues, them on thee. 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...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 Enfield - 1823 - Liczba stron: 346
...local habitation and a name. 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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823
...thy virtues, them on thee. 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...alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues 7 : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - Liczba stron: 385
...VIRTUE GIVEN TO BE EXERTED. 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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824
...virtues, them on thee. 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...alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues J : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But,... | |
 | British poets - 1824
...arrant knave. VIRTUE. 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. Forgive me this my virtue : For, in the fatness of these pursy times, Virtue itself of vice must pardon... | |
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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. 
