...brought, 67 laddre, or ellea by degree, It wolde wel have lyked me.' And Shaks. Jul. Caisar, H. i. 26— 4 But when he once attains the upmost round. He then...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.' This is the meaning of 'degree' in AV wherever it occurs in the plur. : the ref. being either to the...

...power, and such power must inevitably corrupt the most virtuous man and make a tyrant of him: But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may. Then, lest he may, prevent. (II.i.21-28) In terms of Tudor political doctrine these...

...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...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...

...Brutus tries to justify murdering Caesar, he too evokes the rivalrous world of Roman politics: . . . lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. (2. 1 .23-28) Because Caesar has gained this "upmost round" and towers "like a Colossus" above his...

...reason. But 'tis 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. (2.1.10-15, 19-iy)97 Given that what is to be carried out...

...Smart-Ass But 'tis 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. [Julius Caesar II i 2 1 ] Nemesis And when he thinks his greatness is a-ripening A killing frost nips...

...Christopher Mathews, Hardball, 1999 Theodore White, on Lyndon Johnson's instinct for power But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. Brutus in William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 1599 ANATOMY Cough once told me the story of an ALP National...

...that, And then I grant we put a sting in him That at his will he may do danger with. . . . But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no color for the thing he...

...3 1. "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." Act two, Scene 1, Brutus to himself 2. "And therefore think him as a serpent's egg, which hatch'd, would,...

...| 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 Csesar may : — Then, lest he may, prevent, | And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for...