 | William Shakespeare - 1819
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp. To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnnb, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pern. But that your royal pleasure must h done, This act... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1820
...articles when in. them consisted all I knew of the lady. Besides, you ha,ve yourself seen her, and •To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.* I therefore proceed to what will interest you more. Though our acquaintance has not been long, yet... | |
 | William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope, Mr. Theobald (Lewis), Sir Thomas Hanmer, William Warburton, George Steevens, Edward Capell, Isaac Reed - 1821
...Letters, folio, 1GG4, p. 244. * Conjectures on Original Composition, by Dr. Edward Young. " To guard a. title that was rich before, " To gild refined gold,...to garnish, " Is wasteful and ridiculous excess." Let me, however, be permitted to remark, that beside all his other transcendent merits, he was the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821
...Letters, folio, 1664, p. 244. * Conjectures on Original Composition, by Dr. Edward Young. " To guard a title that was rich before, " To gild refined gold,...To throw a perfume on the violet, " To smooth the Lee, or add another hue " Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light " To seek the beauteous eye or heaven... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard 5 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pem. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told; And, in the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard8 a title that was rich before,. To gild refined gold,...the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, arid ridiculous excess. Pemb. But that your royal pleasure must be done. This act is as an ancient... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824
...any loiig'd-for change, or belter state. .v. / Therefore, to be poraess'd with double pomp To guard* a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...heaven to garnish,? Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pern. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told ; And, in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard ta title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish J, » Secretly. f Lacn. » Decorate. Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pern. But that your royal... | |
 | British poets - 1824
...could bear , That, when the sea was calm, all boats alike Show'd mastership in floating PERFECTION. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, PHILOSOPHY. Hang up philosophy ! Unless philosophy can make a Juliet, Displant a town, reverse a prince's... | |
 | Christianity - 1824
...whom they ruled, such defences as they have both put forth would never have been needed. " To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess." And... | |
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