 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Moore - 1820 - 600 Seiten
...two 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... | |
 | 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 on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another, hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 592 Seiten
...two 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 686 Seiten
...father's nakedness they ought to hide." Prologue by Sir Charles Sedley, to the Wary Widoas, 1693. " To guard a title that was rich before, " To gild refined...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 460 Seiten
...MALONE. So, in The Merchant of Venice : " give him a livery " More guarded than his fellows." STEEVENS. 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 232 Seiten
...fresh 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 238 Seiten
...fresh 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... | |
 | 1822 - 436 Seiten
...tbe manners and the ^imes. To dwell upon the memory of Kemble, and for us to praise him, would be " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet ;" nevertheless, we must reserve our remarks upon Mr. Vandenhnff's original and borrowed beauties till... | |
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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. 
