 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.  Massachusetts Quarterly Review - 48 psl.1848Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 psl.
...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...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 gsmish, It wasteful... | |
 | Shakespeare club Sheffield - 1829 - 190 psl.
...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 of Heaven lo garnish,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 506 psl.
...state. Stl. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard1 a title that was rich before, Toeild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or odd another hue I'nto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,1... | |
 | John B. Bremner - 1980 - 424 psl.
...ridiculous excess" of John's second coronation. To crown him a second time, says Salisbury, is "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, / To throw a...on the violet, / To smooth the ice, or add another hue / Unto the rainbow." Go paint the lily, or gild the clouds with sunshine, but don't gild the lily.... | |
 | Deborah T. Curren-Aquino - 1989 - 220 psl.
...revolt; Salisbury. 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, 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 psl.
...OF SALISBURY. Therefore, to be possest with double pomp. To guard a title that was rich before, To And wil@; 3 hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 psl.
...Kingjohn Life is as tedlous as a twice-told tale. Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. 10305 Kingjohn To London all that life can afford. 5095 Boswell - Life...All argument is against it [ghostsl; but all belief hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish. Is wasteful... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1998 - 324 psl.
...SALISBURY Therefore, to be possessed with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, io To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, i again crowned) F}; against crown'd FI 8 longed-for change] F4; long'd-for-changc FI in 1203) and... | |
 | Thomas Leech - 2001 - 328 psl.
...be creative. Use your head; explore the whole body of available options. 216 Don't Gild the Lily 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2002 - 244 psl.
...Edward— Richard III IILi 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 of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful... | |
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