 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 410 pages
...ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face : But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks...clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend : So Caesar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - 1807 - 330 pages
...ambition's ladder, . Whereto the climber upwards turns his face ; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. Ambition is a gilded bubble bright, That hoodwinks sense and blinds the keenest sight; A specious phantom,... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 454 pages
...ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upwards turns his face ; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks...the clouds, scorning the base degrees, By which he had ascended. So Caesar may : Then, lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour,... | |
 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - 1810 - 338 pages
...ambition's ladder, AV hereto the climber upward turns his face : But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Cffisar may ; Then lest he may, prevent. How averse he is to the means, by which he is to deliver... | |
 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - 1810 - 336 pages
...ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face ; But TV hen he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may. I'll us Mr. Voltaire translates it: BRUTUS. 4 BRUTUS. On sa.it assez quelle est 1'ambition.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 528 pages
...ambition's ladder, "Whereto the climber-upward turns his face: But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks...scorning the base degrees % By which he did ascend : So Cassar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quanel Will bear no colour for the thing... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...Ambition's ladder, -Whereto the climber-upward turns his face ; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back ; Looks...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. 977. © Resist Beginnings *: — whatsoe'er is ill, Though it appear light and of little moment, Think... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 388 pages
...ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face : But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back. Looks...scorning the base degrees* By which he did ascend : So Csesar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing... | |
 | Robert Treat Paine - 1812 - 572 pages
...Ambition's ladder, Whereto the * limber upwards turns his face. Bat wh-n be once attains the topmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks...in the clouds, scorning the base degrees, By which be did ascend." — Invest a Jacobin (of this minor species) in the enviable dignities of a federal... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face . But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. Conspiracy dreadful till executed. Between the acting of a dreadful thing. And the first motion, all... | |
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tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did... 
