 | William Henry Ireland - 1807 - 330 pages
...here : 'Tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, . Whereto the climber upwards turns his face ; But when he once attains the upmost...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. Ambition is a gilded bubble bright, That hoodwinks sense and blinds the keenest sight; A specious phantom,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...reason. But 'tis a common proof2, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward rinted for John Stockdale ... W.J. and J. Richardson ... J. Walker Onto the ladder turns his back ; Looks in the clouds, scorning tlie base degrees ' By which he did... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 454 pages
...reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upwards turns his face ; But when he once attains the upmost...the clouds, scorning the base degrees, By which he had ascended. So Caesar may : Then, lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 432 pages
...reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upwards turns his face ; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his hack, 2 Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees^ By which ho had ascended. So Caesar may : Then,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 384 pages
...reason. But 'tis a common proof,o 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,1 Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees2 By which he did ascend : So Caesar may ; Then,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 378 pages
...reason. But '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,1 Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees2 By which he did ascend : So Caesar may ; Then,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...this ; for our poet himself has told us, " -^—— 'tis a common proof, " That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, " Whereto the climber upward turns his face ; " But when he once attains the utmost round "He then unto the ladder turns his back ; " Looks in the clouds."— I have constantly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...ambition's ladder, ' Whereto the climber upward turns his face; * But when lie once attains the utmost round ' He then unto the ladder turns his back; ' Looks in the clouds."— I have constantly made it a rule in revising the notes of former editors, to compare such passages... | |
 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - 1810 - 336 pages
...known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, "Whereto the climber upward turns...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may ; Then lest he may, prevent. How averse he is to the means, by which he he is to deliver... | |
 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - 1810 - 338 pages
...power may change the conduct of the man. BRUTUS. ... . ."; 'Tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns...upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, , , . « i] . , • • Looks in the clouds, scorning the base, degrees By which he did ascend. So... | |
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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... 
