 | William Shakespeare - 1805
...are not so much thy own property. Steevens. z them on ther .] The old copy reads — theyonihee. The Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves: for if our virtues3 Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806
...thy history FuDy unfold : Thyself and thy belonging 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 virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807
...history Fully unfold : 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 virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1807
...acknowledge the publick claim to their communications, enforced by the authority of the great moral poet : " Heaven doth with us as we with torches do^ Not light them for themselves." Perhaps the present state of society tends in a peculiar degree to foster general selfishness... | |
 | J. H. Rice - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1808 - 491 pages
...thy history Fully unfold. Thyself and thy belongings Arc not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them' on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torchvs do; Not light theni for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth with us, 'twef e all... | |
 | Language Arts & Disciplines - 1808 - 400 pages
...; and that should teach us,. There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how wle .will, 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... | |
 | J H Rice - 1808
...belongings. A ie not tbina cuvn -oj; roper, ag t0 Thyself upon tiy virtues, them on th«c. ficarcn doth with us, as we with torches do; Not light them for themselves: for if our vittwcs Did not go forth with us, 'twere all alike But to fine issues: nor nature... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810
...will, I come to know your pleasure. Duke. Angelo, 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 virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 379 pages
...belongings. Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. Heav'n doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves : for if our virtue,* Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811
...history Fully unfold : Thyself and thy belongings5 Are not thine own so proper,6 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 virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits... | |
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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. 
