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" To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the 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. "
The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations ... - Page 379
by William Shakespeare - 1806
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge ..., Volume 10

Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 772 pages
...fome gilt or folemn temple were ; Many great golden pilUrs did uptvar The mafly roof, Sptnfet^. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, ' To throw a perfume on the violet. Sbak. K. John. And the gilded car of day •'•••' L" * • His glowing axle doth alhif In the...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1817 - 372 pages
...state. " Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard 9 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...violet, To smooth the 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...
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...of the king. " Therefore to be possessed with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before; To gild refined gold, to paint the lily. To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, to add another hue Unto the rainbovy, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish;...
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...Therefore to be possessed with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before ; To gild refuted gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, to add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish...
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...Therefore to be possessed with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before ; To gild refmed gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, to add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish...
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The Works of John Moore

Robert Anderson - 1820 - 596 pages
...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...violet, To smooth the 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...
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Mordaunt; sketches of life, characters, and manners in various countries

John Moore, Robert Anderson - English literature - 1820 - 592 pages
...articles when in them consisted all I knew of the lady. Besides, you have yourself seen her, and To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet. To smooth the ice, or add another hu e Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful,...
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The Works: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings by Robert Anderson, Volume 7

John Moore - 1820 - 600 pages
...articles when in them consisted all I knew of the lady. Besides, you have yourself seen her, and To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet. To smooth the ice, or add another hu e Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful,...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 15

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 452 pages
...n. 6. MALONE. So, in The Merchant of Venice : " give him a livery " More guarded them his fellows." STEEVENS. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,...violet, To smooth the 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...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - Theater - 1821 - 668 pages
...Conjectures on Original Composition, by Dr. Edward Young. " To guard a title that was rich before, " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, " 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...
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