 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - Počet stránok 238
...fresh perfume to the violet. 1 ' 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... | |
 | Juliana Frances Turner - 1822 - Počet stránok 190
...him off', For ye shall find he will outstrip all praise, And make it halt behind him : 'twere as well To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw...ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous face of heaven to garnishGh! he's above all praise; it were all one... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - Počet stránok 372
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp,. To guard 9 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...to garnish. Is wasteful-,, and ridiculous excess. Sal. In this, the antique and well-noted face Of plain old form is much disfigur'd : And, like a shifted... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - Počet stránok 676
...could bear, That, when the sea was calm, all boats alike Show'd mastership in floating PERFECTION. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw...taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, PHILOSOPHY. Hang up philosophy! Unless philosophy can make a Juliet, Displant a town, reverse a prince's... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - Počet stránok 428
...just apilause is paid him, and when every tongue is big vith his boundless fame. He himself tells us, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw...the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue To seek the beauteous eye of neav'n to garnish, Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light Is wasteful and... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - Počet stránok 556
...any long'U-for change, or better state. pleased, Hal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp. To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - Počet stránok 324
...square, Because he had journey'd fifty miles, and found No sign that it was circular any where; « 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 lie... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1824 - Počet stránok 356
...effect, which appeared last Summer, in the Southern Reporter, and which well deserve to be collected. To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold and paint the (orange) lily. To say nothing of the tender care that has been shown for the interests... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1824 - Počet stránok 402
...obvious effect is, to increase the wealth and power of the Church—which is, as Shakespeare says, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold and paint the (orange) lily. * See some very clever Letters to this effect, which appeared last Summer,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1824 - Počet stránok 400
...first and obvious effect is, to increase the wealth and power of the Church—which is, as Shakespeare To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold and paint the (orange) lily. * See some very clever Letters to this effect, which appeared last Summer,... | |
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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, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of Heaven to garnish, Is wasteful,... 
