 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...  Ethics of Literature - Página 97por John A. Kersey - 1894 - 572 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 páginas
...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - 308 páginas
...precious is obtain'd, But what is painful too ; By travel and lo travel born, Our sabbaths are but few. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing,...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By strong and endless ties ; But every sorrow cuts a string,... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 páginas
...to day, Docs his Creator's power display^ And publishes to ev'ry laud The work of an Almighty hand. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing,...in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him refgn, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 páginas
...still he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward farther than his nose. No less alike the politic and wise, 225 Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. D 3 All «ly slow things, with circumspective eyes : Men in (heir loose unguarded hours they take,... | |
 | William Playfair - 1814 - 538 páginas
...Who noble ends by noble deeds attains, Or, failing, smiles in exile, or in chains, Like good Autelius let him reign; or bleed Like Socrates; that man is great indeed." Nothing may be more contrary to the common practice of the world, than to resist the general torrent... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 496 páginas
...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...bleed Like Socrates, — that man is great indeed. What's fame ? a fancied life in others' breath ; A thing beyond us, e'en before our death; Just what... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 páginas
...POPE. But grant that those can conquer, these cai cheat ; 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great: Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. POPE. At home surrounded by a servile crowd, Prompt to abuse, and in detraction loud ; Abroad begirt... | |
 | New York (State). Department of Civil Service - 1898 - 1166 páginas
...Select all the infinitives, and (b) give the syntax of any one of them, (c) Give the syntax of bait. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing,...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. — Pope. Questions 3 and 4 refer to the foregoing selection. 3. (a) Select all the subordinate clauses,... | |
 | New York (State). Civil Service Commission - 1898 - 1204 páginas
...Select all the infinitives, and (b) give the syntax of any one of them, (c) Give the syntax of bait. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing,...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. — Pope. Questions 3 and 4 refer to the foregoing selection. 3. (a) Select all the subordinate clauses,... | |
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