 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 Works of Shakespeare in Seven Volumes - Страница 311по William Shakespeare - 1733 - 3505 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 страници
...with torches do, Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all as if We had them not: spirits are not finely touch'd — But to fine issues; nature never tends — The smallest scruple of her excellence ; But like a thrifty goddess,... | |
 | William Empson - 1950 - 312 страници
...doth with us, as we, with Torches doc. Not light them for themselves : For if our vertues Did not goe 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 of her excellence, But like a thrifty goddesse,... | |
 | Kenneth Muir, Stanley Wells - 1982 - 168 страници
...their confinements is never far 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'... | |
 | Francis Herbert Bradley - 1962 - 364 страници
...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 We shall return to the question, What is the measure of a man's morality? The general end is self-realization,... | |
 | Harry Berger, Peter Erickson - 1997 - 532 страници
...Duke's initial exhortation 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 touch'd But to fine issues; nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But, like a thrifty goddess,... | |
 | David Boucher - 1997 - 364 страници
...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. [William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act One, Scene One, lines 31-3] will; in collisions,... | |
 | Gillian Murray Kendall - 1998 - 232 страници
...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 of her excellence But, like a thrifty goddess,... | |
 | Daniel Fischlin, Mark Fortier - 2000 - 330 страници
...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 touched But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But, like... | |
 | Mike Sanders - 2001 - 632 страници
..."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 tends The smallest scruple of her excellence, But, like a thrifty goddess,... | |
 | Allardyce Nicoll - 2002 - 232 страници
...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. Whiter even hints at the use of iterative imagery when he remarks21 that... | |
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