 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 the British Poets - Страница 99по Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1157 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | George Gregory - 1808 - 352 страници
...'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : 239 " 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 235 " Like Socrates, that... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1809 - 202 страници
...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. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Like £Oocl Aurelius let him reign ; or bleed Like Socrates ; that man is great indeed L. What's fame... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1809 - 518 страници
...those lines, Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like pood Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed.* Providence seems however to have determined, that those who, in contradiction to the feelings of human... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 страници
...Who noble ends by iwble means obtains. Or failing, -mil" in exile or in chaius, Like good Aurclius - . What's fame? af.uicy'd life in other's breath ; A thinj; beyond us, ev'n before our death. •Iti-it... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 страници
...but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him...or bleed, Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's Fame ? a fancy'd life in other's breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death. Just what... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 страници
...Never man was truly blest, True Greatnen. 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 was great indeed. The Tear of Sympathy. No radiant pearl, which crested fortune wears, No gem, that... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 118 страници
...are but few. "Who noble ends by noble means obtaiut, "Or failing, fmiles in f xile or in chains, Xike good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Our hearts are faften'd to this world, By ftrong and endlefs ties ; But every forrow cuts a firing,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 страници
...; 'Ti- phrase absurd to cnll a villain great: 230 Who wickedly is wise, or madly hravc, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble' means obtains, Orfnilintr, smiles in exile or in chains, lake goorl Auvelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates,... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 454 страници
...will be the reward, whatever be the issue: Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. IV. With regard to FAME, that still more fantastic blessing, he shews, [from 1. 226 to 249] that all... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1811 - 286 страници
...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...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. The tear of fympathy. No radiant pearl, which crefted fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from... | |
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