 | Thomas Henry Lister - 1828 - 288 pàgines
...homeward. CHAPTER XI. Heaven doth with us, as we wi'h torches do, Not light them for themselves: fop if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Measure for Measure. IP Lacy's homeward journey was under a dull, unvarying sky, and through an uninteresting... | |
 | Thomas Henry Lister - 1828 - 326 pàgines
...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... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pàgines
...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 them for themselves:...alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, But to fine issues: nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But like... | |
 | Russell Jackson, Robert Smallwood - 1993 - 246 pàgines
...and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. (lines 29-35) The implication is one of self-criticism by way of praising Angelo. Once he tells Angelo... | |
 | David Haley - 1993 - 332 pàgines
...Grace? Not so, friend, honor and lordship are my titles. 7. By the same rule that he set for Angelo ("If our virtues / Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike / As if we had them not" [li 33-35]), the Duke's public virtue requires perfecting by marriage. Even here, the Duke's fate reciprocates... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1995 - 148 pàgines
...not thine own so proper as to waste 30 Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves;...them not. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues;3 nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But, like a thrifty goddess,... | |
 | Carol Ochs - 1997 - 206 pàgines
...Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do. Not light them for themselves;...go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.13 Beyond Images Beyond the image of the mother, is there anything that can aid us on the way that... | |
 | David Boucher - 1997 - 364 pàgines
...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 them for themselves:...alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues. [William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act One, Scene One, lines 31-3]... | |
 | Harry Berger, Peter Erickson - 1997 - 532 pàgines
...belongings Are not thine so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves;...forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. (1.1.29-35) If Angelo hasn't yet published his virtues, what is the content of his already unfolded... | |
 | Stanley Wells - 1997 - 438 pàgines
...givers. (3.3.95-7) Here, the Duke tells Angelo that his virtues must be set to work: Heaven does with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves;...forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. (1.1.32-5) It is a thematic statement whose sexual resonances are explored in the first seventeen of... | |
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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. 
