 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 224 pages
...born,: Our sabbaths are but few. • S~ ^ 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. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By strong and endless ties ; But tvery sorrow cuts a string,... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1812 - 576 pages
...Mr. Pope celebrates in the following lines? \\hn imble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing smiles in exile or in chains, Like good* Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like hucratcs, that man is great indeed. —Providence seems however to have determined, that those who,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...As Christ Church once all colleges beside. 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 man is great indeed. What's fame ? a fancy'd life in other's breath, A thing... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 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. All fame is foreign, but... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - 308 pages
...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...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By strong and endless ties ; But every sorrow cuts a string,... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...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...or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By strong and endless ties ; But every sorrow cuts a string,... | |
 | William Playfair - 1814 - 538 pages
...Who noble ends by noble deeds attains, Or, failing, smiles in exile, or in chains, Like good Autelius let him reign; or bleed Like Socrates; that man is great indeed." Nothing may be more contrary to the common practice of the world, than to resist the general torrent... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...aspect, and a smile at heart* " True Greatness. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or falling, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed ; " Lake Socrates, that man is great indeed. The Tear of Sympathy. .No radiant pearl, which crested... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 pages
...noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles in exile or in chains ; • Like good Aurclius, let him reign ; or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed." t Cave-s Life of Polycarp. p. 53. 160 History of the Christian Church. [cH. IT; for them," said Pqlycarp,... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 pages
...Who noble enjs by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles in exile or in chains ; Like good Aurelms, let him reign ; or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed," f Cave's Life of Polyoarp. p. S«. for them," said Polycarp, " it does not become us to turn from good... | |
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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... 
