 | Gregory Griffin - 1787 - 480 pages
...teftimony in proof of fuch * excellence, borders on the charge of ridiculous * anxiety, — it is " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, " To throw a perfume on the Violet." * For one hint, as it is given by JOHNSON, I mail ' make no apology. "ADDISON is now) defpifed I) "... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 480 pages
...troubled not the land, With any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before,...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1790 - 598 pages
...land With any long'd-for change, or better (late. Sa/. Therefore, to be polfefs'd with double pomp, 30 uth did drefs themfelves. He had no leys, that praflis'd...of the valiant ; For thofe that could fpeak low, a 35 To feck the beauteous eye of heaven to garnilh, Is wafteful, and ridiculous excefs. Pant. But that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1789 - 718 pages
...troubled not the land, With any long'd-for change, or better ftate. Sal, Therefore, to be poflefs'd with double pomp, " To guard a title that was rich...taper-light \« To feek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnilh, Is wafteful, and ridiculous excefs. Pemb. But that your royal pleafure muft be done, This... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 618 pages
...More guarded than his fellows." STEEVENI. See Mfo/urefor Meafare, Vol. IV. p9 282-3, n. 2. MALONE. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...ridiculous excefs. PEMB. But that your royal pleafure mud be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told ; ' And, in the laft repeating, troublefome, Being... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 860 pages
...found in the following pages, I fhall not attempt to make any addition. He has juftly obferved, that To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined...or with taper-light " To feek the beauteous eye of heiven to garnifh, " Is wafteful and ridiculous excefs." Let me, however, be permitted to remark, that.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 700 pages
...guarded than his fellows." STEEVENS. See Meafurefor Mea/ure, Vol. IV. p. 282-3, "• 2< MAIONE. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...heaven to garnifh, Is wafteful, and ridiculous excefs. PEMR. But that your royal pleafure muft be done, This aft is as an ancient tale new told;7 And, in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1795 - 372 pages
...for change, or better it ate. Sal. Therefore to be poflefs'd with double pomp, To guard a title thnt was rich before; " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, " To throw a perfume on the violet, " To finooth the ice, or add another hue " Unto the iainbow, or with taper-light " To feek the beauteous... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 476 pages
...ujd lo Perfeflion, fuferfiuaia, aiidfujj>icioK5, To gii'd renned gold, to paint the lily, To thro«1 a perfume on the violet, To fmooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To feck the beauteous eye of heaven to garniih, Is waftcful and ridiculous excels. In this,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1797 - 694 pages
...Itate. Sal. Therefore, to be poflefs'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before,5 TogiJd refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...taper-light To feek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnifb, Is wafteful, and ridiculous excefs. Pemb. But that your royal pleafure muft be done, This... | |
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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. 
