 | Mason Locke Weems - 1837 - 246 pages
...courage or cunning, however transcendent, never yet made a great man. " ADMIT that this can conquer, that can cheat! " 'Tis phrase absurd, to call a villain...brave, " Is but the more a fool, the more a knave." No ! to be truly great, a man must have not only great talents, but those talents must be constantly... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...the politic and wise ; All sly slow things, with circumspective eyes : Men in their loose unguarded le broomsticks made, Now sweep those alleys they were...born to shade. At Timon's villa let us pass a day1, ; "Fis phrase absurd to call a villain great : Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1840 - 256 pages
...courage or cunning, however transcendent, never yet made a great man. " Admit that this can conquer, that can cheat ,: 'Tis phrase absurd, to call a villain...brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave." rNo ! to be truly great, a man must have not only great talents, but those talents must be constantly... | |
 | George Crabb - 1841 - 556 pages
...like circumstance* would object to do himself; But grant that those ran conqupr, these can cheat, 'Tie phrase absurd to call a villain great; Who wickedly Is wise or madly brave Is but the more a foot, the more a knave.— POPE. tt Is preposterous for a man to expose himself to the ridicule of... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...alike the politic and wise: All sly slow things, with circumspective eyes: Men in their loose unguarded pierc'd wi 4 lhat those can conquer, these can cheit; 'Tis phrase absurd lo call a villain great ; Who wickedly... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...the politic and wise: All sly slow things, with circumspective eyes : Men in their loose unguarded frost ? and whence are thy keen stores Deriv'd, thou secret all-invading power, noblo ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1844 - 94 pages
...politic and wise ; 225 All sly slow things, with circumspective eyes ; Men in their loose unguarded hours they take, Not that themselves are wise, but...cheat ; 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : 230 Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, IB but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends... | |
 | George Crabb - 1846 - 548 pages
...like circumstances would object to do himself; Rut grant that those cnn conquer, ibew can cheat, 'Tie phrase absurd to call a villain great; Who wickedly...madly brave Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. — POPE. it In preposterous for a man to expose himmlf to the ridicule of others, and then be angry... | |
 | 1846 - 110 pages
...— Bostnn. Morning Post. EICHAED WHITE, OK ONE EYED DICK OF MASSACHUSETTS. A TALE FOR THE YOUNG. " Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave." This work has had a good sale, and its Second Edition is nearly gone. RECOMMENDATIONS. " A well-told... | |
 | 1846 - 156 pages
...WASHINGTON STREET. RICHARD WHITE, or ONE EYED DICK of Massachusetts. A Tale for the Young. Second Edition. ' Who wickedly is wise or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave.1 ' A well told story for youth, adapted as well to do good by its moral impression, as to please... | |
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All sly, slow things, with circumspective eyes : Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take ; Not that themselves are wise, but others weak. 
