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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. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple... "
The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ... - Page 15
by William Enfield - 1808 - 400 pages
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The Pocket magazine of classic and polite literature. [Continued ..., Volume 4

1819 - 414 pages
...a hetter world." That " Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light them fortheimelves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not." &c. &c. &c. — It also tells us we should tell TRUTH and shame the devil." And it says, " We are oft...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: To which are Added His ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 476 pages
...virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light them for ourselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere...Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues J : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But like a thrifty goddess, she determines...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 530 pages
...of Honour : " Virtue, if not in action, is a vice, " And, when we move not forward, we go backward." Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we...Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues 3 : nor nature never lends 4 The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 520 pages
...if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues 3 : nor nature never lends 4 The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use 5. But I do bend my speech 6 To one that can my part in him advertise ; Thus, in the Latin adage —...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 518 pages
...of Honour : " Virtue, if not in action, is a vice, " And, when we move not forward, we go backward." 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 3 : nor nature never lends 4 The smallest scruple of her excellence, But,...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

Arminianism - 1879 - 1042 pages
...finding scope for the mental activity which an extended system of education is calculated to excite. ' Heaven doth with us as we with torches do: Not light...alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues. Nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1822 - 446 pages
...and thy belongingsl Are not thine own so proper,2 as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do ; Not light...us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits arenot finely touch'd, But to fine issues :3 nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence,...
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...of things unknown, the Poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. Heaven doth with us as we with torches...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted? • , Thrice is he artn'd that hath his quarrel just...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: Measure for ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 322 pages
...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...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. But I do bend my speech To one that can my part in him advertise ; Hold therefore, Angelo ; In our...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 474 pages
...thy belongings 5 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...Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues 7 : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she...
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