 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 Pamphleteer - Page 491826Full view - About this book
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 pages
...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. ffireefc ant &oman $oets anto HOMER, the celebrated Greek Epic... | |
 | John I. Jones - 1884 - 254 pages
...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. — SHAKESPEAKE. E2 LESSON 111. — Parse the Connectives as per... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1884 - 346 pages
...regain the blissful seat, etc. — Milton. The following illustrates both points in a comprehensive way: With taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish (:= subject) [Is (= copula) wasteful and ridiculous excess] (=predicate). —Shakespeare. But let us... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1885 - 420 pages
...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 to profane the spirit of infinite goodness universally manifested in Beauty. Blessed is the man... | |
 | 1887 - 1332 pages
...To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, 315 Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of Heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. Shaks. Excuse. 1. A poor excuse is better than none. Latin. 2. An... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1887 - 266 pages
...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." — Shakespeare. (b) " To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold,... | |
 | Julia B. Hoitt - 1890 - 426 pages
...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. King John And oftentimes excusing of a fault Doth make the fault... | |
 | P. Garrett - 1888 - 952 pages
...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. Shakapeare. The measure of your duty is the greatness of your advantages,... | |
 | K. L. Armstrong - 1889 - 460 pages
...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. — Shakespeare. The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless... | |
 | Edwin Reed - 1891 - 120 pages
...misery." King Lear, ii., 2. " Advantage is a better soldierthan rashness." — Henry V.^ iii., 6. " With taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess." King John, iv.,2. " The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees... | |
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