 tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face: But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did...  Manual of Composition and Rhetoric - Page 371by John Hays Gardiner, George Lyman Kittredge, Sarah Louise Arnold - 1907 - 500 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1768 - 440 pages
...have not known when his affedions fway'd More than his reafon. But 'tis a common proof. That lowlinefs is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face ; But when he once attains the upmoft round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, fcorning the bafe degrees... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 506 pages
...not known when his affections fway'd More than h« reafon. But 'tis a 7 common proof, That lowlinefs is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face: But when he once attains the upmoft round, He then unto the ladder turns his back; Looks in the clouds, fcorning the " bafe degrees... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1780 - 336 pages
...Whereto Whereto the climber upward turns his face; Buc when he once attains the upmoft round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the bafc degrees By which he did afcend. Confpiracy, dreadful till executed. (5) Between the adting of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1790 - 614 pages
...not known when his affe&ions fway'd More than his reafon. But 'tis a common proof 7 , That lowlinefs is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face: But when he once attains the upmoft round, He then unto the ladder turns his back 8 , Looks in the clouds, fcorning thebafedegrees'... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 724 pages
...not known when his affections fway'd More than his reafon. But 'tis a common proof,* That lowlinefs is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face : But when he once attains the upmoft round, He then unto the ladder turns his back,* Looks in the clouds, fcorning the bafe degrees... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1795 - 372 pages
...fway'd More than his reafon. But 'tis a common proof, • That lowlinefs is young ambition's ladder, 4 Whereto the climber-upward turns his face ; •'But when he once attains the upmoft round, ' He then unto the ladder turns his back, 4'Looks in the clouds, fcorning.the bafe degrees... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1797 - 638 pages
...not known when his affections fway'd More than his reafon. But 'tis a common proof, That lowlinefs .is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face : But when he once attains the upmoft round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, fcorning the bafe degrees... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1798 - 408 pages
...not known when his affections fway'd More than his reafon. But, 'tis a common proof, That lowlinefs is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face : But when he once attains the upmofr. round, He then unto the ladder turns his back ; Looks in the clouds, fcorning the bafe degrees... | |
 | James Boadan - 1800 - 380 pages
...ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face: But when he once attains the topmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds,...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend." —Julius Casar, 1623, p. 114. Such a quotation .operated like an extinguisher upon poor human vanity,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 396 pages
...his reafon. But 'tis a common proof, That lowlinefs is young ambition's ladder, . lf-/. -2. Scene. /. Whereto the climber-upward turns his face : But when he once attains the upmoft round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, fcorning the bafc degrees... | |
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