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... The Works of Alexander Pope: Moral essays - Strana 87podľa Alexander Pope - 1751Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| Alexander Pope - 1806 - Počet stránok 474
...employed : And if thefc be right, Glory will follow as the reward, whatever happens to be the ifiue : " 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." WARBURTON. NOTES. VER. 220. From Macedonia's-] He has fallen... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - Počet stránok 466
...employed 4 And if thefe be right, Glory will follow as the reward, whatever happens to be the iflue : " 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." WARBURTON. NOTES. VER. 220. From Macedonia's] He has fallen... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1806 - Počet stránok 502
...employed : And if thefc~ be right, Glory will follow as the reward, whatever happens to be the iffue : " 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." WARBURTOS. NOTES. VER. 220. From Macedonia's~] He has fallen... | |
| 1806 - Počet stránok 642
...and written, as is moft probable, by Irenasus himfelf ; the fub(lance of which will now be given. " Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing fmiles in exile or in chains ; Like good Aureliu> let him reign or bleed Like Socrates ; that man is great indeed." It would not have fuited... | |
| 1806 - Počet stránok 330
...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. 41 Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains ; Like good Aurelius... | |
| 1808 - Počet stránok 408
...can conquer, tlicse caí» cheat ; Tie phrase absurd to call a villain great : Who wickedly is u ISP, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knare. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiies in exile or in chains, Like good Aurclius... | |
| 1807 - Počet stránok 316
...(IX) Jut grant that thofe can conquer, thefe can cheat ; 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great : Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more...a knave, Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or falling, fmiles in exile or in chains. Like good Aurtlim let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - Počet stránok 474
...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...Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelins let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates ;— that man... | |
| John Sabine - 1807 - Počet stránok 316
...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...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... | |
| Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - Počet stránok 758
...Strm. But grant that thoff can conquei* thefe can '"Us phrafe nbfurdlo c.ill a villain great : [cheat, Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Poke's EJJaj an Man. king's ministers; and of thefe the higher i were ftyled abthants, and thofe of... | |
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