| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...and, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections swayed more than his reason. 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... | |
| Henry Drury - English poetry - 1865 - 430 pages
...and to speak truth of Csesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. 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 utmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - American drama - 1865 - 592 pages
...portentous things Upon the climate that they point upon. Lowliness is Young Ambition's Ladder. .... 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... | |
| L. C. Knights - Literary Criticism - 1979 - 326 pages
...and, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the cumber-upward turns his face; And when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns... | |
| Wolfgang Clemen - English drama - 1987 - 232 pages
...to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd 20 More than his reason. 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... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars. But in ourselves, that we are underlings. (I, ii) 44 But soul, I would be a good fountain, a good well-head, Would blur no whisper, climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round He then unto the ladder turns... | |
| William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...and, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 3 climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns... | |
| Robert Smallwood - Drama - 1998 - 228 pages
...to further his argument. This species of sophistry happens twice in this opening speech: . . . 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... | |
| William Stewart - Psychology - 1998 - 438 pages
...God ascending and descending on it' (Genesis 28:12). Shakespeare speaks of the ladder of ambition: 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... | |
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