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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 dramatic works of William Shakspeare - Page 50
by William Shakespeare - 1813
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Winter's tale. Comedy of errors ...

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 576 pages
...or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possessed with double pomp, 1 Owns. 2 ie secretly. To guard1 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pem. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as...
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Shakspere Weighed in an Even Balance

Alfred Pownall - Bible - 1864 - 112 pages
...teaching with that of the Bible ; but in so doing, I might possibly incur the suspicion of attempting To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined...the violet: To smooth the ice, or add another hue To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light A wasteful and...
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King John: New Perspectives

Deborah T. Curren-Aquino - Biography & Autobiography - 1989 - 220 pages
...And that high royalty was ne'er pluck'd off; The faiths of men ne'er stained with revolt; Salisbury. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard...taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. [Your behavior] Makes sound opinion sick, and truth suspected, For...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...not the land With any long'd-for change or better state. EARL OF SALISBURY. Therefore, to be possest Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. EARL OF PEMBROKE. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...Kingjohn Life is as tedlous as a twice-told tale. Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. 10305 Kingjohn To London all that life can afford. 5095 Boswell - Life...[ghostsl; but all belief is for it. 5096 Boswell - Life taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish. Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. 10306...
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Say It Like Shakespeare: How to Give a Speech Like Hamlet, Persuade Like ...

Thomas Leech - Business & Economics - 2001 - 328 pages
...be creative. Use your head; explore the whole body of available options. 216 Don't Gild the Lily To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. Salisbury, King John. 4, 2 Visual aids and effects can be helpful...
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The Wisdom of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - Quotations, English - 2002 - 244 pages
...'twere retail'd to all posterity, Even to the general all-ending day. Prince Edward— Richard III IILi To be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title...taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. Salisbury — King John IV.ii Some men there are love not a gaping...
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King John

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2011 - 356 pages
...SALISBURY Therefore, to be possessed with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, 10 To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, 15 Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. PEMBROKE But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act...
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The Empress of India: A Professor Moriarty Novel

Michael Kurland - Fiction - 2007 - 320 pages
...looking annoyed. " 'Andsome, I was." "Sorry," Moran said. "Handsome, then." FIFTEEN ALL THAT GLISTERS To gild refined gold, to paint the lily To throw a perfume...ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seet{ the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. —...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - Dramatists, English - 2007 - 1288 pages
...not the land With any long'd-for change or better state. EARL OF SALISBURY. Therefore, to be possest N Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. EARL OF PEMBROKE. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This...
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