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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 Shakespeare: Winter's tale. Comedy of errors ... - Page 396
by William Shakespeare - 1826
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Fruits and Farinacea the Proper Food of Man ...

John Smith (of Malton.) - 1845 - 456 pages
...is employed by those who consider the discoveries of man superior to the teachings of nature. " 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 seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,— Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess....
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1847 - 506 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess "d with double pomp, To guard * a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pern. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told ; And, in...
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Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1847 - 736 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard s with paper, And with thy scorns drew'st rivers from his eyes ; And then, to dry them, gav'st Pern. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told, And in the...
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The Christian Treasury, Volume 2

1847 - 648 pages
...I'll place thee, f' My dove, my undented — Rejoice ! rejoice !" AR 0. A BIBLE CONVERT. •• To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, ,| To throw...ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye wf heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous ezceu." SHAKESPEARE....
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

1847 - 526 pages
...digs hills because they do aspire, Throws down one mountain, to cast up a higher. SHAKSPEARE. 3. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow. SHAKSPEARE. 4. Man, proud man, Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he 's most...
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

1847 - 540 pages
...digs hills because they do aspire, Throws down one mountain, to cast up a higher. SHAKSPEARE. 3. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow. SHAKSPEAKE. 4. Man, proud man, Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he 's most...
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Massachusetts Quarterly Review, Volume 1

1848 - 544 pages
...silent ; eloquence were folly, geniiia impotence, in such a work. We pass away from that theme. " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...to garnish — Is wasteful and ridiculous excess." What has been the conduct of the famous men of America ? Great Statesmen are the mountains of the world...
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Select plays [5 plays], with notes and an intr. to each play and a life of ...

William Shakespeare - 1848 - 456 pages
...crowned again after the murder of his nephew, Arthur. (2) To guard a title. To guard means la fringe. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbovr, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous...
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The Dramatic Works of W. Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1849 - 952 pages
...change, or better state. SaJ. Therefore, to be poeeess'd with double pomp, To guard* a title that wa> dav ? Ant. S. Satan, avoid ! I charge thee, tempt...she is the devil's dam; and here she comes in the h garnish,1 Is' wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pern. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This...
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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,...must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told ; And, in the last repeating, troublesome, Being urged at a time unseasonable. Sal. In this, the antique...
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