 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.  Famous Men of Modern Times - Pàgina 259per Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 288 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Thomas Henry Lister - 1828 - 930 pàgines
...appeared at the breakfast-table, Lacy was on his road homeward. CHAPTER XI. Heaven doth with us, a* we with torches do. Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike At if we had theiu not. Meaturefor Measure. IF Lacy's homeward journey was under a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 404 pàgines
...so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on theeHeaven doth with us, as we with torehes 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 are uot finely touch 'd, But to fine issues: nor nature... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1829 - 550 pàgines
...Quhar) is no other than Qua re, or, due (ie KM) ea re. " Heav'n doth with us as we with torches deal, Not light them FOR themselves : FOR if our virtues...forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not." [ie Themselves not being the Cause of lighting them. If our virtues did not go forth of us, 't were... | |
 | Carol Ochs - 1997 - 206 pàgines
...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...themselves; for if our virtues Did not 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... | |
 | David Boucher - 1997 - 364 pàgines
...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...themselves: for if our virtues 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. [William... | |
 | Stanley Wells - 1997 - 438 pàgines
...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...themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. (1.1.32-5) It is a thematic statement whose sexual resonances... | |
 | Harry Berger, Peter Erickson - 1997 - 532 pàgines
...argument won't stand up against the principle the Duke himself had enunciated early in the play: since "heaven doth with us as we with torches do, / Not light them for themselves" alone, it follows that "if our virtues / Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike/ As if we had them... | |
 | Gillian Murray Kendall - 1998 - 232 pàgines
...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...themselves; for if our virtues 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; nor nature... | |
 | Robert B. Bennett - 2000 - 204 pàgines
...nature of Nature, speaking of her in personified terms, as a cognitive, intentional, divine force: Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light...themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence,... | |
 | Daniel Fischlin, Mark Fortier - 2000 - 330 pàgines
...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...themselves: for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor Nature... | |
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