 | Lindley Murray - 1817 - 290 pages
...smile at heart. * * True grcu'.nsss. '• Wh« noble ends by noble means obtain«, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius, let him reign, or bleed Like tíocrates, that man is great indeed. 4 The tear of Sympathy. No radiant pearl which crested fortune... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...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...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. GENERAL EMPHASIS, Is that emphatic force, which, when the composition is very animated, and approaches... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles ss grown, Yet hate repose, and dread to be alone, Worn out in public, weary every Just what you hear, you have ; and what's unknown, The same, my lord, if Tully's, or your own. All... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1820 - 80 pages
...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...Socrates; that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fanci'd life in others breath, A thing beyond Us, e'en before our death. Just what you hear, you have,... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 434 pages
...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...Socrates — that man is great indeed. What's fame ia faci'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. All fame is foreign, but... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 398 pages
...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 is great indeed. What's fame? a fanci'd life in other's' breath A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. All fame is foreign, but... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 pages
...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 Soerates — that man is great indeed. What's fame ? a fancy'd life in ethers breath^*); . . A thing... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 422 pages
...knave, Wh» noble ends by noVle means obtains, Or, filling, smiles in exile or in chains ; Like'good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates — that man is great indeed. Whai's fame ta faci'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. . Al'i fame... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...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...fancy'd life in others breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death. Just what you hear, you have ; and what's unknown, The same, my lord, if Tully's,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 268 pages
...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 iiideed. What's Fame ? a fancy'd life in other's breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.... | |
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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... 
