 | Alicia M'Gennis - 1817 - 806 Seiten
...' To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, to throw a perfums on the violet, to smooth the ice, and add another hue unto the rainbow, or, with taper light,...heaven to garnish, is wasteful and ridiculous excess." " Yet truth shall guide the pencil, nor hide a failing from the critic's eye." THE slight sketch given... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 Seiten
...of the king. " 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 on the violet, To smooth the ice, to add another hue Unto the rainbovy, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 552 Seiten
...; To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, to add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to gutnish , Is wasteful and ridiculous excess." TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL. THIS is justly... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 Seiten
...Therefore to be possessed with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before ; To gild refuted gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, to add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 Seiten
...Therefore to be possessed with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before ; To gild refmed gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, to add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnish... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1820 - 596 Seiten
...articles when in. them consisted all I knew of the lady. Besides, you ha,ve yourself seen her, and •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.* I... | |
 | John Moore - 1820 - 600 Seiten
...articles when in them consisted all I knew of the lady. Besides, you have yourself seen her, and To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet. To smooth the ice, or add another hu e Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful,... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 592 Seiten
...articles when in them consisted all I knew of the lady. Besides, you have yourself seen her, and To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet. To smooth the ice, or add another hu e Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 668 Seiten
...Conjectures on Original Composition, by Dr. Edward Young. " To guard a title that was rich before, " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, " To throw a perfume on the violet, " To smooth the Lee, or add another hue " Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light " To seek the beauteous eye or heaven... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 232 Seiten
...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," &c. KING JOHN. A great poet quoting another should be correct ; he should also be accurate, when he... | |
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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. 
