 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
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - Počet stránok 132
...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,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - Počet stránok 308
...lo travel born, Our sabbaths are but few. 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. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By strong and endless... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - Počet stránok 798
...ev'ry land, The work of an Almighty hand. 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. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By strong and endless... | |
 | 1816 - Počet stránok 756
...is, W But grant that thofe can conquer, thefe can 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a villain great: [cheat, Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Pope's Efty an alar.. ABTHANES, a title of honour ufed by tl ancient inhabitants of Scotland, who called... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - Počet stránok 448
...the heartfelt joy, Is virtue's prize. 4. 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. GENERAL EMPHASIS, Is that emphatic force, which, when the... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - Počet stránok 366
...can conquer ; -these can cheat i 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great. Who wickedly is wiso, 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 Soerates — that man... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1820 - Počet stránok 80
...those can conquer, these can cheat; "Fis 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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - Počet stránok 832
...can conquer, these can > In at : "Pis 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... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - Počet stránok 398
...conquer; these can cheat; "* 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great. Who wickedly is wise, or maoly 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 Aurelins let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates — that man... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - Počet stránok 434
...phrase absurd to call a villain great. Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a tool, 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... | |
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