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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... "
Aphorisms from Shakespeare - Page 108
by William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 456 pages
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Proceedings at the Contested Election for the City of Chichester, 1830 ...

CHICHESTER. - 1830 - 222 pages
...City of Chichester. But that he sees Hi' Electors are but Sheep." <* I know he would not be a. Wol^ He then unto the ladder turns his back: Looks in the...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend." " When he once attains a Seat in Parliament, " --— I, perhaps, speak this Before a willing- bondman."...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...stars. But in ourselves, that we are underlings. (I, ii) 44 But 'tis a common proof That lowliness good well-head, Would blur no whisper, spoil no expression....(1. 11-13) 49 It is somebody wants to do us harm. (II, i) 45 When beggars die there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death...
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Materialist Shakespeare: A History

Ivo Kamps - 1995 - 360 pages
...view which justifies human intervention in the social order: But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may. Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he...
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Tobias Smollett: The Critical Heritage

Lionel Kelly - 1995 - 399 pages
...remember, his own career; for oo Lowliness is voung ambition's ladder, JO Whereto the climber — upward turns his face : But, when he once attains the upmost...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. But the readiness with which literary men have ever been willing to persecute their less successful...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 pages
...not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness 3 so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing...
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Dictionary of Images and Symbols in Counselling

William Stewart - 1998 - 438 pages
...it' (Genesis 28:12). Shakespeare speaks of the ladder of ambition: Tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward...clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend (Julius Caesar, act 2, scene. 1, 1. 21.) The Egyptians often buried their dead with amulets of ladders,...
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Players of Shakespeare 4: Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by ...

Robert Smallwood - 1998 - 228 pages
...species of sophistry happens twice in this opening speech: . . . But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. (ni21-y) The implication is clear. Caesar, despite all appearances to the contrary, has, for years...
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The Later Tudors: England, 1547-1603

Penry Williams - 1998 - 650 pages
...might change his nature, there's the question. It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, . . . But when he once attains the upmost round, He then...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he...
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Shakespeare and the Editorial Tradition

Stephen Orgel, Sean Keilen - 1999 - 426 pages
...Face : But when he once anaines the vpmost Round, He then vnto the Ladder turnes his Backe, Lookcs in the Clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend : so C&sar may; Ilien least he may, preuent. And since the Quarrell . . . (JC 11. 637-44, Hinman p....
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Shakespeare Performed: Essays in Honor of R.A. Foakes

R. A. Foakes - 2000 - 332 pages
...not 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...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he...
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