| Alexander Pope - 1901 - 120 pages
...— Lowi-ii. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles in exile or in chains, ga5 Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed, Like Socrates : that man is great indeed ! What 's fame ? A fancy'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death. Just what... | |
| William Williamson - 1902 - 264 pages
...court'sies, and base spaniel fawning." 28. " 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." 29. " O, Nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray, Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still ; Thou... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1903 - 704 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 fancied life in others' breath; A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death. Just what... | |
| 1904 - 544 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...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. ALEXANDER POPE. PERSEVERANCE. Ix facile natures fancies quickly grow, But such quick fancies have but... | |
| James Champlin Fernald - 1904 - 352 pages
...speaking; But though my mouth be dumb, my heart shall thank you. NICHOLAS ROWE Jane Shore act ii, sc. 1. What's fame? a fancy*d life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. POPE Essay on Man ep. iv, 1. 237. BUT But is derived from the Anglo-Saxon butan,... | |
| James Champlin Fernald - 1904 - 344 pages
...speaking ; But though my mouth be dumb, my heart shall thank you. NICHOLAS EOWE Jane Shore act ii. so. 1. What's fame? a fancy'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. POPE Essay on Man ep. iv, l. 237. BUT But is derived from the Anglo-Saxon butan,... | |
| 1905 - 644 pages
...Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles in e.rile or in chains, Like good Auretius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. CASE IN NOUNS 24. Meaning of the Word Case. — The student has already learned that a noun or a pronoun... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1906 - 628 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 Socn1les, that man is great indeed. What's fame, a fancied life in other's breath, A thing beyond us,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1907 - 568 pages
...chains, Like good Aurelius2 let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates3, that Man is great indeed, f What's Fame? a 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 Tally's,... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1909 - 632 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...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. <j What's fame, a fancied life in other's breath, \ A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death. Just... | |
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