 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 508 trang
...better s!sa. Sal. Therefore, to be po*se*>'d with J«e» To guard* a title that was neb before, [p&To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet. To smooth the ice, or add another bat Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven topIs wasteful, and ridiculous... | |
 | Philomathic institution - 1825 - 518 trang
...stimulate the delights of the festive board, to embellish the triumph of victory. Its province was To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet ; to magnify the greatest actions, add fresh lustre to the most glorious deeds, give sweetness to the honiest... | |
 | George Canning - 1825 - 312 trang
...external testimony in proof of such excellence, borders on the charge of ridiculous anxiety — it is ' To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet.' " For one hint, as it is given by Johnson, I shall make no apology : ' Addison is now despised by some,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 trang
...perfume to the violet.» This version by no means improves the original, which is as follows : « To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet,- etc. King John. A great poet qnoting another should be correct; he should also be accurate, when he... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 514 trang
...state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard5 a title that was rich before, . To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...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... | |
 | 1826 - 508 trang
...state. Sal. (R.) 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 on the violet, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. K. John. Some reasons of this double coronation I have possess'd... | |
 | Thomas Hosmer Shepherd - 1827 - 696 trang
...added to what was before known and used by the ancients. To improve the orders, is like the attempt "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 346 trang
...state. Sal. 1 herefore, 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...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... | |
 | L. T.. Ventouillac - 1829 - 598 trang
...to add praise where it has already been so frequently and so justly bestowed, were indeed — " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...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." In support of this assertion,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 trang
...the poet who first honoured with that name a mere Ajax, a man-killing idiot! — Dryden. MLXXXVII. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...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... | |
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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. 
