 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...  The Art of Effective Public Speaking - Page 125by Ernest Pertwee - 2006 - 280 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 490 pages
...; And that craves wary walking. Crown him ? — That;—* And then, I grant, we put a sting in him, That at his will he may do danger with. The abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins Remorse5 from power : And, to speak truth of Caesar, 1 have not known when his affections sway'd More... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 648 pages
...adder; And that craves wary walking. Crown him?— That;— And then, I grant, we put a sting in him, That at his will he may do danger with. The abuse...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 520 pages
...adder; And that craves wary walking. Crown him?— That;— And then, I grant, we put a sting in him, That at his will he may do danger with. The abuse...greatness is, when it disjoins Remorse from power: 4 And, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 502 pages
...adder ; And that craves wary walking. Crown him? — That;— And then, I grant, we put a sting in him, That at his will he may do danger with. The abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins Remorse from power:4 And, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason.... | |
 | John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
...and most terrible. I think we may read either is favour'd, or in favours. P. 28.— 331.— 273. Bru. 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 318 pages
...adder ^ I And that craves wary walking. Crown him? — That; And then, I grant, we put a sting in him, That at his will he may do danger with. The abuse...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...her wide walls enconipass'd but one man ? AMBITION, COVERK.D with SPECIOUS HUMILITV. (SHAKESPEARE.) -BUT 'tis a common proof, That Lowliness is young Ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upwards turns his face ; But when he once attains the utmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...Factious seems here to mean active. • ie resembles. 747 And then, I grant, we put a sting in him, ers] Remorse'from power : And, to spcaklru th of Ciesar, I have not known when his aflections sway'd More... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 410 pages
...; And that craves wary walking. Crown him ? — That; — And then, I grant, we put a sting in him, That at his will he may do danger with. The abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins Hemorse from power : And, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - Satire, English - 1807 - 330 pages
...our dramatist's words it is hoped, will plead the annotator's excuse for their introduction here : 'Tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, . Whereto the climber upwards turns his face ; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his... | |
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