 Of every hearer; for it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value; then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us, Whiles it was ours...  The Works of Shakespear: In Six Volumes - Seite 501von William Shakespeare - 1745Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Shakespeare - 1806
...the instant that she was accus'd, Shall be lamented, pitied and excus'd, Of every hearer: For it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value;8 then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us Whiles... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806
...the instant that she was accus'd, Shall be lamented, pitied and excus'd, Of every bearer : For it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it ; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value ; then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us Whiles... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807
...the instant that she was accus'd, Shall be lamented, pitied and excus'd, Of every hearer : For it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value; then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us Whiles... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810
...the instant that she was accus'd, Shall be lamented, pitied and excus'd, Of every hearer : For it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it ; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value ;* then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us Whiles... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811
...the instant that she was accus'd, Shall be lamented, pitied and excus'd, Of every hearer : For it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it ; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value ;a then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us Whiles... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811
...the instant that she was accus'd, Shall be lamented, pitied, and excus'd, Of every hearer: for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth, "Whiles* we enjoy it ; but being lack'd and lost, "Why, then we ractt the value ; then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us Whiles... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811
...the iustant that she was accus'd, Shall he lamented, pitied, and excus'd, OF every hearer: for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth. Whiles* we enjoy it ; hut heing lack'd and lost, Why, then we rackt the value ; then we find The virtue, that possession... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810
...the instant that she was accus'd, Shall be lamented, pitied and excus'd, Of every hearer : For it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it ; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value ;« then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us Whiles... | |
 | Robert Bland - 1814 - 139 Seiten
...Jusques a ce qu'elle 1'ait perdue." The cow did not know the value of her tail, until she had lost it " What we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it ; but being lack'd and lost, Why then we rack the value; then we find The virtue, that possession would not give us Whiles... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1815
...of the speaker. ' Her affection has its full bent' is no doubt taken from archery. B. Friar. It so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it ; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value. ice rack the value ; ie We exaggerate the value. The allusion is... | |
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