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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... "
L'essai sur l'homme - Page 136
by Alexander Pope - 1821 - 207 pages
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The History of the Church of Christ, Volume 1

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,...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes ..., Volume 3

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,...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

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...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

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...
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The Reader: Containing I. The Art of Delivery ... a Selection of Lessons in ...

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...
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The English Poets

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,...
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Cathcart's Literary Reader: A Manual of English Literature : Being Typical ...

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...
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The Rape of the Lock: An Essay on Man and Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot

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...
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A Junior English Grammar ...

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...
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The Principles of Logic

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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