...M. Roussel, have 'tis certain they forget the immediate context of the ' touch of nature1 line — ' O, let not virtue seek Remuneration for the thing...is a little gilt More laud than gilt o'er-dusted." And the lines, when we read them over again, throw a certain halo round the passage above-quoted from...

...like a rusty mail In monumental mockery ; — That all, with one consent, praise new-born gaude«, Though they are made and moulded of things past ;...is a little gilt, More laud than gilt o'er-dusted.' If we wished to please Mr Godwin, we should say that his last work was his best ; but we cannot do...

...produce a more easy lapse of numbers, but they do not exhibit the work of Shakspeare. JOHNSON. Line 591. And give to dust, that is a little gilt, More laud than gilt o'er dusted.] Dust a little gilt means ordinary performances ostentatiously displayed, and magnified...

...Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost; — Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first rank, Lie there for pavement to the abject...to dust, that is a little gilt, More laud than gilt o'er-dusted.1 1 And give to dust, that is a lit tie gilt, More laud than gilt o'er-dusted.] Dust a...

...Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost; — Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first rank, Lie there for pavement to the abject...to dust, that is a little gilt, More laud than gilt o'er-dusted.1 i And give to dust, that is a littkgiti, More laud than gilt o'er-dusted.] Dust a little...

...necessary to read, instead of " Lie there for pavement," " You ' re left for pavement," &c. 370. " And give to dust, that is a little gilt, " More laud than gilt o'er-dusted" Theobald appears to me to have had the right conception of this passage: there is evidently intended...

...all, with one consent, praise new-born gawds, Tho1 they are made and moulded of things past; And shew to dust, that is a little gilt, More laud than gilt...present eye praises the present object: Then marvel hot, thou créât and complete man, That all the Greeks begin to worship Ajax; Since things in motion...

...time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin,— That all, with one consent, praise new-horn gawds, Though they are made and moulded of things...to dust, that is a little gilt, More laud than gilt o'er-dusted.3 9 — Welcome ever smites,] The compositor inadvertently repeated the word the, which...

...the amendment, which I have given in the text, to the sagacity of the ingenious Dr. Thirlhy. I read: And give to dust, that is a little gilt, More laud than t hey will give to gold, (fer-dusted. Theohald. This emendation has heen adopted hy the succeeding...

...the amendment, which I have given in the text, to the sagacity of the ingenious Dr. Thirlby. I read: And give to dust, that is a little gilt, More laud than they will give to gold, o'er-dusted. Theobald. This emendation has been adopted by the succeeding editors,...