 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 Authorship of Shakespeare - Page 539by Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 601 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1837 - 516 pages
...cxcetlencej But, like a thrifty goddess, she determine« Herself the glory of a creditor, [loth thanks unâ use.' But I do bend my speech To one that can my part in him adverfbe ; Hold therefore, Angelo; In our remove, be thou ¡it full oursolf ; Mortality and mrrcy in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all 106 107 To one that can my part in him advertise ; Hold therefore, Angelo ; In our remove, be thou... | |
 | 1862 - 48 pages
...justly receive censure for time misspent and thoughts thrown away. As grand Will Shakspeare has it,— " Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence,...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use." It is well written of the hours, on the old sun-dial at Oxford, " Pereunt et Imputantur." sw D. THE... | |
 | Kenneth Muir, Stanley Wells - 1982 - 168 pages
...to seek in the play. It is stated at the outset: 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. (1, i, 33-6) There is repeated insistence that not only must the professors of virtue 'issue' their... | |
 | Keir Elam - 1984 - 360 pages
...presumed (iconic) fidelity of this external discourse to Angelo's inner self (NB the 'heart' again): But I do bend my speech To one that can my part in him advertise: Hold therefore, Angelo. In our remove, be thou at full ourself. Mortality and mercy in Vienna Live in thy tongue, and heart.... | |
 | David G. Allen, Robert A. White - 1995 - 332 pages
...18. This theme is perhaps most articulately expressed in the opening scene of Measure for Measure: Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence,...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. (1.1.36-40) Inescapably, we are reminded of the charged significance of the parable of the talents... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1995 - 148 pages
...of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues;3 nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her...determines Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use.4 But I do bend my speech 40 To one that can my part in him advertise. Hold, therefore, Angelo:5... | |
 | Harry Berger, Peter Erickson - 1997 - 532 pages
...to Angelo to let Heaven kindle him as a torch, for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely...my part in him advertise: Hold therefore, Angelo. In our remove, be thou at full ourself. Mortality and mercy in Vienna Live in thy tongue, and heart.... | |
 | David Boucher - 1997 - 364 pages
...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. [William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act One, Scene One, lines 31-3] will; in collisions, going... | |
 | Gillian Murray Kendall - 1998 - 232 pages
...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...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. (1.1.32-40) "Thanks, but no thanks," might be the reply of the heroic actor cast as a mere torchbearer.... | |
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