 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. MEASURE FOR MEASURE. * - ' ACT I. VIRTUE GIVEN TO BE EXERTED. HEAVEN doth with us, as we with torches do; Not light them for themselves: for if pur virtues * Cool. t Wild appl«s. MEASURE FOR MEASURE. 31 Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike... | |
 | Thomas Henry Lister - 1828 - 326 pages
...morning before Agnes had appeared at the breakfast-table, Lacy was on his road homeward. CHAPTER XI. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do, Not light...them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go foith of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Measure for Measure. IF Lacy's homeward journey... | |
 | Thomas Henry Lister - English fiction - 1828 - 930 pages
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 404 pages
...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... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...bestows blind gifts, that still have nursl, They sec not who, nor how, but utill the worst. MCCXXXVT. 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... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...bestows blind gifts, that still have nurst, They see not who, nor how, but still the worst. MCdXXXVI. Heaven doth With us, as we with torches do; Not light them for themselves: for if our virtues As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike But... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 822 pages
...kalendar it is prime of day, Chaucer. The Shipmarmee Tale. Heaven doth with us as we with torches deal, Not light them for themselves ',for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Shakipeare. Measure for ileanere. Tell me what kind of... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1829 - 550 pages
...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 Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not." [ie Themselves not being the Cause of lighting them.... | |
 | William Thomas Petty- Fitzmaurice (earl of Kerry.) - 1830 - 102 pages
...frivolous ground to be satisfactorily maintained. In the play of "Measure for Measure" there occurs — f 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. —... | |
 | John Galt - Rochester (N.Y.) - 1830 - 338 pages
...natural alert disposition, I was not long of following up the advantage to a consummation. CHAPTER XII. " Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves." EVERY day, and almost every hour of every day, convinced me that it was not amongst " the good society"... | |
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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. 
