 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...  Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son - Página 167por George Gregory - 1808Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - 1811 - 446 páginas
...the means which are employed: and if these be right, glory will be the reward, whatever be the issue: Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing,...chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. IV. With regard to FAME, that still more fantastic, blessing,... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 páginas
...Now — 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 a fool, the more a knave. It is not success therefore that constitutes true greatness; but the end aimed at; and the means which... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 454 páginas
...Now — Grant that those can conquer, these can cheatj '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. It is not success therefore that constitutes true greatness; but the end aimed at; and the means which... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1811 - 286 páginas
...afpeft, and a fmile at heart. True greatness. "Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, {miles in exile or in chains, • . » . Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. The tear of fympathy. No radiant pearl, which crefted fortune... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 páginas
...joy ; A cast unlike the triumph of the proud ; A modest aspect, and a smile at heart. True greatness. Who noble ends, by noble means obtains, Or failing,...chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. -. The tear of sympathy. No radiant pearl, which crested fortune... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 224 páginas
...isobtain'd, But what is painful too ; By travel and to travel born,: Our sabbaths are but few. • S~ ^ Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing,...chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By strong and endless... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1812 - 576 páginas
...shall see he did. Is this, then, the man, whom Mr. Pope celebrates in the following lines? \\hn imble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing smiles in...chains, Like good* Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like hucratcs, that man is great indeed. —Providence seems however to have determined, that those... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 páginas
...But grant that those can conquer, these can cheat ; 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : 230 Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Wh» VZR. 207. Baast the pare UaaJ, toV.] In the MS. thus, The richest blood, right-honourably old,... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 páginas
...weak. But grant that those can conquer ; these cam cheat ; 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great. Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, •» Is but...chains : Like good Aurelius let him reign ; or bleed Like Socrates ; that man is great indeed ! What's fame ? a fanci*d life in other's breath ; A thing... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 páginas
...weak. But grant that those can conquer ; these can cheat j 'Tis phrase, absurd to call a villain great. Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more...chains , Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates — that man is great indeed. What's fame ! a fanci'd life in others' breath, A thing... | |
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