 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 sayfa
...the art of politics, in circumvention. Now — Grant that those can conquer, these can cheat, 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain, great : Who wickedly...madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. It is not success therefore that constitutes true greatness; but the end aimed at; and the means which... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1811 - 286 sayfa
...afpeft, and a fmile at heart. True greatness. "Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, {miles in exile or in chains, • . » . Like good Aurelius...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. The tear of fympathy. No radiant pearl, which crefted fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from... | |
 | Charles Peirce - 1811 - 266 sayfa
...e"ttds by noble means obtain*, Or failing, smite's' in ''exile or in chains,, ' ' Like good Aureliui let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man' is great indeed. the tear of sympathy," ' No radiant pearl which crested fortune wears, No gem, that twinkling hangs... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 sayfa
...joy ; A cast unlike the triumph of the proud ; A modest aspect, and a smile at heart. True greatness. Who noble ends, by noble means obtains, Or failing,...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. -. The tear of sympathy. No radiant pearl, which crested fortune wears, No gem, that twinkling hangs... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 224 sayfa
...isobtain'd, But what is painful too ; By travel and to travel born,: Our sabbaths are but few. • S~ ^ Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing,...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By strong and endless ties ; But tvery sorrow cuts a string,... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1812 - 576 sayfa
...shall see he did. Is this, then, the man, whom Mr. Pope celebrates in the following lines? \\hn imble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing smiles in...chains, Like good* Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like hucratcs, that man is great indeed. —Providence seems however to have determined, that those who,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 sayfa
...But grant that those can conquer, these can cheat ; 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : 230 Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Wh» VZR. 207. Baast the pare UaaJ, toV.] In the MS. thus, The richest blood, right-honourably old,... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 sayfa
...that themselves are wise, but others weak. But grant that those can conquer ; these can cheat j 'Tis phrase, absurd to call a villain great. Who wickedly...breath, A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. All fame is foreign, but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart ; One self... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 sayfa
...that themselves are wise ; but others weak. But grant that those can conquer ; these cam cheat ; 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great. Who wickedly...is great indeed ! What's fame ? a fanci*d life in other's breath ; A thing beyond us, even before our death. Just what you hear 's your own ; and what's... | |
 | Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 sayfa
...those can conquer, these can cheat 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : Who wickedly is wis«, or madly brave, Is .but the more a fool, the more...Or, failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurellus let him reign, or bleed Like Soeratts, that man is great indeed. LESSON XII. CHARITY. Grasp... | |
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Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's... 
