 | Kenneth Muir, Stanley Wells - 1982 - 168 страници
...will free all from 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...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... | |
 | Francis Herbert Bradley - 1962 - 364 страници
...Cf. Aristotle, Pol. vii. i325, b. i4-23. i Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee....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,... | |
 | Gary Schmidgall - 1990 - 256 страници
...Measure: 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,...forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. [1.1.29-35] But what sinks Venus in Adonis's and the reader's minds is the Duke's next line: "Spirits... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1998 - 276 страници
...his mind : ( i ) the candlestick {eg Matthew s: is), (2) the woman with an issue of blood (the verNot light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did...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... | |
 | Carol Ochs - 1997 - 206 страници
...gift. 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....go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.13 Beyond Images Beyond the image of the mother, is there anything that can aid us on the way that... | |
 | David Boucher - 1997 - 364 страници
...again, the good will is presented as one i Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee....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... | |
 | Harry Berger, Peter Erickson - 1997 - 532 страници
...lines: Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,...forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. (1.1.29-35) If Angelo hasn't yet published his virtues, what is the content of his already unfolded... | |
 | Stanley Wells - 1997 - 438 страници
...first givers. (3.3.95-7) Here, the Duke tells Angelo that his virtues must be set to work: Heaven does with us as we with torches do, Not light them for...forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. (1.1.32-5) It is a thematic statement whose sexual resonances are explored in the first seventeen of... | |
 | Gillian Murray Kendall - 1998 - 232 страници
...remarks make the practices of heaven in this regard seem suspiciously congruent with those of nature: Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light...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, she determines... | |
 | Daniel Fischlin, Mark Fortier - 2000 - 330 страници
...unfold. 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,...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... | |
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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. 
