 | James Boadan - 1800 - 380 pages
...pronounced aloud the following lines from the great painter of man: " O 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young Ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face: But when he once attains the topmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | John Bristed - 1803 - 326 pages
...mounted to the eminence, ar»d now kicked down the ladder by which he had ascended : « For lowliness is young ambition's ladder ' Whereto the climber upward turns his face ; * But when he once attains the utmost round, * lie then unto the ladder turn his back j ' Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 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 in the clouds, scorning the base degrees7 By which he did ascend : So Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 384 pages
...Csefar, I have not known when his affeclions fway'd More than his reafon. But 'tis a common proof,(4) That lowlinefs is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...unto the ladder turns his back ; Looks in the clouds, fcorning the bafe degrees^) By which he did afcend : So Czefar may ; Then, left he may, prevent. And... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 648 pages
...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 ascend: So Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since... | |
 | John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
...ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face : But when he once attains the utmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. Mr. M. Mason is right. P. 29.— 332.— 27*. Brutus... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 520 pages
...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 0 By which he did ascend: So Cassar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 502 pages
...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 degrees6 By which he did ascend : So Caesar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
 | E. H. Seymour - 1805 - 500 pages
...Ambition's ladder, " To which the climber upward turns his face ; " But when he once attains the utmost round, " He then unto the ladder turns his back, " Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees " By which he did ascend." 200. " Whereas*' for " where." In the third act... | |
 | E. H. Seymour - 1805 - 500 pages
...the ground." This thought is introduced in Julius Caesar: " • Young Ambition's ladder, " To which the climber upward turns his face ; " But when he once attains the utmost round, " He then unto the ladder turns his back, " Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
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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... 
