 For nought so vile that on the earth doth live, But to the earth some special good doth give ; Nor aught so good, but, strain'd from that fair use, Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse : Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, And vice sometime...  The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare: With a Life - Page 125by William Shakespeare - 1828Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 824 pages
...None but for some, and yet all different. O, mickle is the powerful grace, that lies In plants, herbs, stones, and their true qualities: For nought so vile...But to the earth some special good doth give ; Nor aught so good, but, strain'd from that fair use, Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse : SCEfE... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...mickle is the powerful grace that lies In Herbs, Plants, Stones, and their true qualities : For naught so vile, that on the earth doth live, But to the Earth some special good doth give ; Nor aught so good, but, strain'd from that fair use, Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse ; Virtue... | |
 | 1972 - 68 pages
...the infant rind of this weak flower, poison hath residence, and medicine power. Ah well — there's nought so vile that on the earth doth live but to the earth some special good doth give! ROMEO. Good morrow, father. FRIAR. Benedicite! Young son, it argues a distempered head, so soon to... | |
 | Hans-Jürgen Weckermann - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 380 pages
...doppelte Kraft, deren Wirkungen sich nach dem Gebrauch richten, den der jeweilige Sprecher von ihr macht : For nought so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give; Nor aught so good but, strain'd from that fair use, Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse: Virtue... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1967 - 308 pages
...mickle is the powerful grace that lies In plants, herbs, stones, and their true qualities. For naught so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give; Nor aught so good but, strained from that fair use, Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse. Virtue... | |
 | Kenneth Muir, Stanley Wells - Literary Criticism - 1982 - 168 pages
...changes and interchanges between benefactors and malefactors that he describes in Romeo and Juliet: For nought so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give, Nor ought so good, but strain'd from that fair use, Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse. Virtue... | |
 | Kenneth Burke - History - 1984 - 450 pages
..."casuistic stretching" in Shakespeare's metaphors. Recall, for instance, the lines from Romeo and Juliet: For nought so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give, Nor aught so good but strain'd from that fair use Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse: Virtue itself... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1990 - 292 pages
...None but for some, and yet all different. O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies In plants, herbs, stones, and their true qualities; For nought so vile...live But to the earth some special good doth give; 20 Nor aught so good but, strained from that fair use, Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse:... | |
 | Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon - Education - 1991 - 230 pages
...[much] is the powerful grace that lies In plants, herbs, stones, and their true qualities; For naught so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give; Nor aught so good but, strained from that fair use, Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse. Virtue... | |
 | G. H. Von Wright - Philosophy - 1993 - 278 pages
...evil. It is a knife which cuts both ways. As Friar Lawrence says in Shakespeare's play: For naught so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give; Nor aught so good but, strain'd from that fair use, Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse: Virtue... | |
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