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... L'essai sur l'homme - Page 136by Alexander Pope - 1821 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph Milner - 1812 - 576 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
| Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 pages
...But grant that those can conquer ; these cam cheat ; 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great. Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, •» Is but the...Socrates ; that man 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... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...But grant that those can conquer ; these can cheat j 'Tis phrase, absurd to call a villain great. Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more...Socrates — that man is great indeed. What's fame ! a fanci'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. All fame is foreign, but... | |
| Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 pages
...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... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 pages
...weak. But grant that those can conquer, these can cheat Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more...Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame, a fancied life in other's breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death. Just what you hear, you have,... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1901 - 572 pages
...But grant that those can conquer, these can cheat ; "T is phrase absurd to call a villain great : Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more...failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius a let him reign, or bleed 4 Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. 1 a kind of woolen stuff 2 The... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1901 - 120 pages
...— Lowi-ii. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles in exile or in chains, ga5 Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed, Like Socrates : that man is great indeed ! What 's fame ? A fancy'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death. Just what... | |
| William Williamson - 1902 - 264 pages
...which melteth fools : I mean sweet words, Low crooked court'sies, and base spaniel fawning." 28. " Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing,...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed." 29. " O, Nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray, Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still ; Thou... | |
| Herbert Austin Aikins - 1902 - 522 pages
...beginning with conversion. (a) All good children are happy. (b) No abracadabras are hypotheses. (e) " Who noble ends by noble means obtains Or, failing, smiles in exile or in chains, . . . That man is blest indeed." (d) He is not happy who is dead. 3. If it is not true that John is... | |
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