 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...: thyself and thy belongings, Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtue, then on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,...if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all as if We had them not: spirits are not finely touch'd — But to fine issues; nature never tends —... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 pages
...Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyselfupon thy virtue, then on thee. ji"< ,'i doth with u« as we with torches do, N'ot light them for themselves:...if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all as if We had them not; spirits are not finely touch'd— But to fine issues f nature never lends—... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1845 - 318 pages
...corruption, which makes goodness singular, renders the display of it more necessary. " Heaven does with us, as we with torches do, Not light them for...themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 't were all the same As if we had them not." Were it not for the few good men the world always has... | |
 | 1846 - 880 pages
...counteractions, tends, by an inherent law of its being, to take visible form, and become deed. " ' Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light...alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issue» ' '' Regarding this to be an exquisite description of the profoundest philosophy,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1847 - 474 pages
...in thy life, That, to the observer, doth thy history Fully unfold : Thyself and thy belongings * Arc not thine own so proper*, as to waste Thyself upon...alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch 'd, But to fine issues r : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But,... | |
 | Francis Mason - 1847 - 126 pages
...known. " Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves. If our possessions Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched, Bat to fine issues ; nor Nature ever lends The smallest scruple of her abundance, But, like... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1894 - 312 pages
...spiritual relation which every science has will be felt. " Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, t Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues...forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not." DISCUSSION. The discussion of Mr. Parker's paper was opened by WF GORDY, supervising principal, Hartford,... | |
 | Kenneth Muir, Stanley Wells - 1982 - 168 pages
...will free all from their confinements is never far to seek in the play. It is stated at the outset: If our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all...Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues. (1, i, 33-6) There is repeated insistence that not only must the professors of virtue 'issue' their... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1998 - 228 pages
...proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues. they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches d0. Not light them for themselves: for if our virtues...forth of us. 'twere all alike As if we had them not. (1.1.30-6l Yet there is a fundamental difference. As the echo from the Gospels makes clear.2 Vincentio... | |
 | Francis Herbert Bradley - 1962 - 364 pages
...p. 237, second paragraph.] i Cf. Aristotle, Pol. vii. i325, b. i4-23. i Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon...if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd We shall return to the question, What is the measure of a man's morality? The general end is self-realization,... | |
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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. 
