 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - Comparative literature - 1810 - 336 pages
...that imperial power may change the conduct of the man. BRUTUS. "lis a common proof. That lowliness is young 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 in the clouds,... | |
 | 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 in the clouds, scorning the base degrees % By which he did ascend : So Cassar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 394 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 in the clouds, scorning the base degrees6 By which he did ascend : So Cxsar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 506 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 in the clouds, scorning the base degrees8 By which he did ascend : So Caesar may ; • Then, lest he may, prevent.... | |
 | 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 in the clouds, scorning the base degrees* By which he did ascend : So Csesar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
 | 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 in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. 977. © Resist Beginnings *: — whatsoe'er is ill,... | |
 | Robert Treat Paine - American literature - 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... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...off at pleasure. Ambition, covered with specious Humility. But '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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 366 pages
...ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns i :s 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 9 By which he did ascend : So Caesar may ; . Luc. I will, my lord. [Exit.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 444 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 in the clouds, scorning the base degrees ' By which he did ascend : So. Caesar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
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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... 
