Sentence:  [E]xquisite beauty is rarely given with wit, more rarely with goodness of temper, and never at all with modesty. And some, pretending to justify the equity of such a distribution, will tell us it is the effect of the justice of Providence in dividing particular excellences among all His creatures, "<WSD>Share and share alike</WSD>, as it were," that all might for something or other be acceptable to one another. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  For members of a group, equal portions of or equal access to tangible or intangible goods, entitlements, or obligations—i.e., each person's share like each of the other shares.