 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 370 Seiten
...Evelyn, " not to rich or dazzling, but scarcely less pleasing, and certainly more philosophical : " ' 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 508 Seiten
...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 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,- etc. King John. A great poet qnoting another should be correct; he should also be accurate, when he... | |
 | George Canning - 1825 - 312 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 514 Seiten
...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 on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye... | |
 | 1826 - 508 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 346 Seiten
...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 on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 Seiten
...ADDI'TIONAL, n. oia. ADDITIONALLY, ADDI'TIONARY, AD'DITORY. SAL. 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... | |
 | Shakespeare club Sheffield - 1829 - 190 Seiten
...is unnecessary, and would be in vain for me to attempt any new encomium ; for he himself says, " 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... | |
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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. 
