 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 Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare - Page 121by William Shakespeare - 1839Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 488 pages
...with. The abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins Remorse from power : And to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than...climber-upward turns his face : But when he once attains the utmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | Delia Salter Bacon - Drama - 1857 - 706 pages
...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 back, Looks...Then, lest he may, PREVENT. And, since the quarrel, Will bear no colour for the thing he is, Fashion it thus ; that u-hat he is, augmented, Would run to... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1857 - 410 pages
...reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the cumber upward turns his face : But when he once attains the upmost...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend : So Csesar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...disjoins Remorse1 from power : and, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections swayed More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof That...climber-upward turns his face : But when he once attains the utmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 752 pages
...with. Th' abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins Remorse from power ; and, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than...Then, lest he may, prevent : and, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he is, Fashion it thus ; that what he is, augmented, Would run to... | |
 | sir Thomas Dyke Acland (11th bart.) - 1858 - 270 pages
...speech. SECTION II. SHAKESPKAKE'S ' JULIUS CAESAR.' 1 . Paraphrase the following : — " But 't is a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's...Then, lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he is, Fashion it thus ; that what he is, augmented, Would run to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 834 pages
...speak truth of Cœsar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But Ч is ero, and that the poet wrote, " in disposition," that...To lay my crown at 's feet, and there to kneel : Bj which he did ascend : so Cœsar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent.' And, since the quarrel Will bear... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 838 pages
...But Ч is в common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder. Whereto the clinil>er-u|>ward turns his face ; But when he once attains the upmost...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend : so Cesar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent.'' And, .since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 834 pages
...That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face ; But when lie ery, hence h1 Csesar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent." And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1861 - 352 pages
...Humility. 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. Conspiracy dreadful till executed. Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all... | |
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