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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. "
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes. To which ... - Page 405
by William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 pages
...long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to tie possess'd with double pomp, To guard* a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint...garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pemb. Rut that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told ; And, in the last...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 534 pages
...long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp To guard ta title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint...Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beanteous eye of heaven to garnish J, Js wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pem. But that your royal...
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Comedy of errors. Macbeth. King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV., part I

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 544 pages
...long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard5 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint...another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light •* Go closely in luith me.] ie secretly, privately. * To guard — ] ie to fringe, or lace. To seek...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 454 pages
...long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guards a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint...new told ; And, in the last repeating, troublesome, Being urged at a time unseasonable. Sal. In this, the antique and well-noted face Of plain old form...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1813 - 942 pages
...long'd-for change, or belter state. SaL Therefore, to be possess'd with double puin¡'. To guard a title that was rich before. To gild refined gold, to paint...new told ; And, in the last repeating, troublesome, Being urged at a time unseasonable. SaL In this, the antique and well-noted urn Of plain old form is...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1813 - 364 pages
...long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint...heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pem. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told ; And, in the...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1813 - 476 pages
...iJng'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint...taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, It wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pem. But that your royal pleasure mast be done, This act is as...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 84, Part 2; Volume 116

Early English newspapers - 1814 - 752 pages
...For ye shall find he will outstrip all praise, And maku it halt behind him : — 'twere as well To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume...rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous face of Heav'n to garnish. Oh I he 's above all praise : it were all one That I should love a bright...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1817 - 372 pages
...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 paint...heaven 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...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 362 pages
...long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard 4 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint...to garnish !, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. Pem. But that your royal pleasure must be done, This act is as an ancient tale new told ; 3 Secretly....
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