 | A. G. Harmon - 2004 - 212 sivua
...belongings Are not thine own so proper as to waste thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. (1.1.29-31) and Nature never lends the smallest scruple of her excellence...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. (1.1.36-40) Here, Angelo resembles the young man of the first sonnets, whom the poet scolds for refusing... | |
 | Kenneth Muir - 2005 - 224 sivua
...Angelo: Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, diey on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. (Ii3off.) Vincentio is appropriately using the scriptural argument of the parable of the talents, that... | |
 | John Palmer (Jun.) - 2005 - 208 sivua
...as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Nor light them for themselves: for if our virtues Did...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. SHAKESPEARE. "SIR Bertram was a Knight renowned alike for courtesy and valour; while yet a youth, he... | |
 | H. B. Charlton - 2005 - 320 sivua
...thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for ourselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. This is a point of view which not only hopes for a larger nobility in life, but seeks to promote it.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2011 - 340 sivua
...finely touched But to fine issues, nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence 40 But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines Herself...my part in him advertise. Hold, therefore, Angelo. 45 In our remove be thou at full ourself . Mortality and mercy in Vienna Live in thy tongue and heart.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2011 - 340 sivua
...finely touched But to fine issues, nor nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence 40 But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines Herself...my part in him advertise. Hold, therefore, Angelo. 45 In our remove be thou at full ourself . Mortality and mercy in Vienna Live in thy tongue and heart.... | |
 | Anna Murphy Jameson - 2005 - 472 sivua
...cloister. The philosophical Duke observes in the very first scene — Spirits are not finely touched, But to fine issues: nor nature never lends The smallest...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use.* This profound and beautiful sentiment is illustrated in the character and destiny of Isabella. She... | |
 | Linda Anderson - 2005 - 356 sivua
...virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest...determines Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use.3 It may, of course, be argued that the Duke himself, like Angelo, fails to rise to this ideal... | |
 | Karen Newman - 2005 - 176 sivua
...his words to his proxy strike the first note of the play's recurring theme of measure for measure: nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence,...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. (I, i, 36-40) The problem of measure for measure is, of course, endlessly debated: should Angelo receive... | |
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That to the observer doth thy history Fully unfold. Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues... 
