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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. "
Familiar quotations [compiled] by J. Bartlett. Author's ed - Page 52
by Familiar quotations - 1883
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, with notes original and ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 418 pages
...state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard2 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To, throw a...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pernb. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told3 : And, in...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Printed from the Text ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 508 pages
...state. Sal. Therefore , to be possess'd with double pomp , To guard a title that was rich before , To gild refined gold , to paint the lily, To throw a...to garnish , Is wasteful , and ridiculous excess. Pem. 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 works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 672 pages
...state. Sal. Therefore, to he possessed with douhle pomp, To guard a title that was rich hefore, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainhow, or with taper-light ' To seek the heauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous...
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Lectures on the English Comic Writers

William Hazlitt - English literature - 1845 - 510 pages
...one country. " Therefore to be possessed with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, 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 heav'n to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess." The...
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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 - Azerbaijan - 1847 - 506 pages
...state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess "d with double pomp, To guard * a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...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
...state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To e revolution of the times Make mountains level, and...near the heart of it. War. It is but as a body, y 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

Protestantism - 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

Quotations, English - 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

Quotations, English - 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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