 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 384 pàgines
...But grant that thofe can conquer, thefe can cheat ; 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great : 230 *Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the...Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aureliua let him feign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates, that Man is great indeed. What's Fame, a fancied... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pàgines
...those can conquer, these can cheat, 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 pàgines
...joy : A caft unlike the triumph of the proud; A modeft afpect, and a linile at heart. True grcatnifs. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing,...chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Tte tear of fyir.fatlyNo radiant pearl, which crefted Fortune... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1800 - 694 pàgines
...we fhall fee he did. Is this, then, the man, whom Mr. Pope celebrates in, the following lines ? Who Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing...chains, Like good *Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. — Providence feems however to have determined, that thofe... | |
 | 1800 - 322 pàgines
...those can conquer, these can cheat: Tis phrase absurd, to cull a villain great; Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a...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... | |
 | John Mason - 1801 - 192 pàgines
...flcies ? Heav'n ftill with laughter the vain toil furveys, And buries madmen in the heaps they raife. Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, or more a knave. Popes E/ay en Man> * Mark Ant. lib. 9. fee. 18. CHAP. XIII. VTiat Kind cf KncixhAge... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1802 - 278 pàgines
...Is but the more a fool, the more a knaveWho noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, falling, smiles in exile, or in chains. Like good Aurelius let him reign ; or bleed • . * Like Socrates; that man is great indeed ! What's fame ? a fancy 'd life in others breath ;... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1804 - 232 pàgines
...weak. But grant that thofe can conquer ; thefe can cheat ; *Tis phrafe abfurd to call a villain great; Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more...Who noble ends by noble means obtains* •. , Or, falling, fmiles in exile, or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign ; or bleed Like Socrates ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pàgines
...conquer, these can cheat, 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : 230 Who wickedly is wise, cr 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 235 Like Socrates ; that man... | |
 | Henry Whitfield - 1804 - 510 pàgines
...Swede : The whole ftrange purpofe of their lives to find, Or make, an enemy <yf all mankind. Yv'ho wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. All fame is foreign but of true defert, Plays round the head and comes not to the heart. One felf-npproving... | |
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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... 
