 | James Boadan - 1800 - 380 pages
...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... | |
 | Press, Dublin - Catholic emancipation - 1800 - 682 pages
...perilous fituatioh. " But 'tis a common proof, " That lowlinefs is young ambition's ladder, " Whereto the climber upward turns his face : ' " But when he once attains the toprnoft round, '• He then unto the ladder turns his back, v Scorning the means by which, he did... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 490 pages
...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...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, since the quarrel... | |
 | 1803 - 444 pages
...ladder, w Whereto the climber upwards turns his face. " But when he once attains the topmost round, " Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees " By which he did ascend." Two comedians, for instance, like birds of a feather, In the dressing-room, laying their droll heads... | |
 | John Bristed - 1803 - 326 pages
...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, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson - 1803 - 542 pages
...poet himfelf has told us, • 'tis a common proof, That lowlinefs is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face ; But when he once attains the upmoft round, He then unto the ladder turns his back ; Looks in the clouds." — , I have conftantly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 648 pages
...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...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: So Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 384 pages
...More than his reafon. But 'tis a common proof,(4) That lowlinefs is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face : But when he once attains the upmoft round, He then unto the ladder turns his back ; Looks in the clouds, fcorning the bafe degrees^)... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 520 pages
...reason. But 'tis a common proof, 5 That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face: But when he once attains the upmost...back, Looks in the clouds> scorning the base degrees 0 By which he did ascend: So Cassar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 502 pages
...reason. But 'tis a common proof,5 That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face: But when he once attains the upmost...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, since the quarrel... | |
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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... 
