 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 页
...only in the second place; the good of those to whom we stand related is the primary object intended. " Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do— Not...forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not." Your capacity for usefulness, therefore, is charged with an amount of obligation proportioned to its... | |
 | Robert Cassie Waterston - 1893 - 702 页
...Shakspeare bring home the same truth to our minds, which was proclaimed by apostles and prophets ? — " Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do, Not light...forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not." If we truly have the light, we must, by a spiritual law, seek to diffuse it abroad. Two thoughts connected... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 页
...Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do;...were all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are notfinely touched, But to fine issues : nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 页
...self-appreciation, which most men display, who are conscious of superior powers. GIFTS NOT OUR OWN. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light...finely touch'd But to fine issues : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines Herself the... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 334 页
...self-appreciation, which most men display, who are conscious of superior powers. GIFTS NOT OUR OWN. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light...finely touch'd But to fine issues : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines Herself the... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 页
...self-appreciation, which most men display, who are conscious of superior powers. GIFTS NOT OUR OWN. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light...alike As if we had them not.* Spirits are not finely tonch'd But to fine issues : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 622 页
...man of decorum. The Duke afterwards says, " Lord Angelo is precue." Thyself upon thy virtues, they B on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do...finely touch'd But to fine issues : nor nature never lends The smallest seruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines Herself the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 620 页
...man of decorum. The Duke afterwards says, " Lord Angelo is precise." Thyself upon thy virtues, they a on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do...alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch 'd But to fine issues : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1851 - 282 页
...is in them both? Better is he that hideth his folly, than he that hideth his wisdom." " Heaven does with us as, we with torches do, — Not light them...alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched But for fine issues — nor Nature ever lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But like... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 页
...Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee. Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do...finely touch'd But to fine issues : nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines Herself the... | |
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Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike As if we... 
