 That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing. O, let not virtue seek Remuneration for the thing it was ; For beauty, wit,...  The Works of William Shakespeare - Page 591by William Shakespeare - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...sighing. O, let not virtue seek Remuneration for the thing it was ; For beauty, wit, High birth, vigor of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity,...kin,— That all, with one consent, praise new-born gauds, Though they are made and moulded of things past ; And give to dust, that is a little gilt,1... | |
 | Stanley Wells - Dramatists, English - 1995 - 424 pages
...destructive power of time that is profoundly expressive of a disturbing truth that underpins the entire play: O let not virtue seek Remuneration for the thing it...are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. (3.3.163-8) It is characteristic of the deflationary mode of this play that the great event to which... | |
 | Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) - Buffalo (N.Y.) - 1903 - 736 pages
...weleome ever smiles. And farewell goes out sighing. O, let not virtue sock Remuneration for the thing 1t was; For beauty, wit, High birth, vigour of bone,...Though they are made and moulded of things past, And give to dust that is a little gilt More laud than gilt o'cr-dusted. gathering on the eve of his departure... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...ingratitudesmakes the point that a man is judged by his present behavior, not his past reputation: O, let not virtue seek Remuneration for the thing...are subjects all To envious and calumniating Time. But Ulysses' shrewd opportunism is no safeguard. The future reveals the true meaning of the present... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1998 - 228 pages
...compositor. And Farewell goes out sighing. O. let not virtue seek Remuneration for the thing it was; 170 For beauty. wit. High birth. vigour of bone. desert...world kin That all with one consent praise new-born gauds. Though they are made and moulded of things past. And give to dust that is a little gilt More... | |
 | Joseph Allen Bryant - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 300 pages
...fickle where values (again a concomitant of order) are concerned: . . . beauty, wit, High birth, vigor of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity,...Though they are made and moulded of things past, And [give] to dust, that is a little gilt, More laud than gilt o'erdusted. [III.iii. 171-79] When that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1987 - 260 pages
...Grasps in the comer: the welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing. O, let not virtue seek 170 Remuneration for the thing it was; For beauty, wit,...world kin, That all, with one consent, praise new-born gauds, Though they are made and moulded of things past, And give to dust that is a little gilt More... | |
 | Mihoko Suzuki - Authority in literature - 1989 - 292 pages
...(2.1.12—13) is chosen to be the champion for the Greeks. Later in the play, Ulysses warns Achilles that beauty, wit, High birth, vigour of bone, desert in...kin — That all with one consent praise new-born gauds, Though they are made and moulded of things past, And give to dust that is a little gilt More... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1995 - 136 pages
...comer. The welcome ever smiles, Remuneration for the thing it was. For beauty, wit, High birth, vigor of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity,...Though they are made and moulded of things past, And give to dust that is a little gilt More laud than gilt o'er-dusted. The present eye praises the present... | |
 | John Spencer Hill - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 224 pages
...sighing. Let not virtue seek Remuneration for the thing it was; For beauty, wit, High birth, vigor of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity,...Though they are made and moulded of things past, And give to dust, that is a little gilt, More laud than gilt o'erdusted. The present eye praises the present... | |
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