 Save base authority from others' books. These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights Than those that walk and wot not what they are.  The Works of William Shakespeare - Pagina 7door William Shakespeare - 1810Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 414 pagina’s
...sons." Or, to take what is not so much used by Shakspeare, the rhymed poetry in Love's Labour's Lost ; " These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That...of their shining nights Than those that walk, and \v ot not what they are." How true is it what Coleridge said, e{ that you might as well think of pushing... | |
 | William Sidney Walker - 1860 - 410 pagina’s
...frequent source of error in the folio, as indeed in other books. Love's Labour's Lost, i. 1, — " Study is like the heaven's glorious sun, That will...ever won, Save base authority from others' books." Certainly bare. Two N. Kinsmen, i. 2, near the beginning, — " what strange ruins, Since first we... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1861 - 352 pagina’s
...search'd with saucy looks : Small have continual plodders ever won, Save base authority from other's books : These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights,...wot not what they are : Too much to know, is to know naught but fame ; And every godfather can give a name. A conceited Courtier. A man in all the world's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1862 - 96 pagina’s
...studious universities. Two Gen. Ver., a. 1, s. 3. A very good tailor. All's Well, a. 2, s. 5. These earthy godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to...nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are. LU La. Lo., a. 1, s. 1 . He's a god or a painter; for he makes faces. Lo. La. Lo., a. 5, *. 2. 162.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1864 - 752 pagina’s
...it upon a fairer eye; Who dazzling so,' that eye shall be his heed.i And give him light that it was owsoever it seems not in him by some large jests he...impossible : she may wear her heart out first. D. naught but fame ; • And every godfather can give a name. King. How well he's read, to reason against... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1864 - 450 pagina’s
...with saucy looks : Small have continual plodders ever won, Save bare authority from others' books.(4) These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That...nights Than those that walk and wot not what they arc. Too much to know, is to know naught but fame ; And every godfather can give a name. King. How... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1865 - 544 pagina’s
...it upon a fairer eye ; Who dazzling so, that eye shall be his heed, And give him light that it was blinded by. Study is like the heaven's glorious sun,...wot not what they are. Too much to know is to know naught but fame ; And every godfather can give a name. King. How well he's read, to reason against... | |
 | Richard Grant White - 1865 - 454 pagina’s
...favor upon the millions who would read him with simple pleasure, made Birone say of the astronomers : " These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That...nights Than those that walk and wot not what they are." It was by no strange feature or striking peculiarity in the construction of his works that Shakespeare... | |
 | 1865 - 714 pagina’s
...formidable names, must not look to our poet for sympathy. For instance, in Love's Labour's Lost, he says, These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That...nights Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.t First, a few words on the birds of Shakspeare. His poetry shows that he was well acquainted with... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1865 - 392 pagina’s
...formidable names, must not look to our poet for sympathy. For instance, in Love's Labour's Lost, he says, These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That...nights Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.t First, a few words on the birds of Shakspeare. His poetry shows that he was well acquainted with... | |
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