 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...  Mrs. Jordan - Page 71by James Boadan - 1800Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 806 pages
...speak truth of Cœsar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 't is a common proof, * That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward 9 turns his face ; But when he once attains the upmost round,.10 He then unto the ladder turns his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 630 pages
...and, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when bis affections sway'd More than his 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... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...find people ungrateful as long as we are in a condition to render them Services. e. — Shakspeare. ;Tis a common proof, That lowliness is young Ambition's...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... | |
 | Delia Salter Bacon - Drama - 1857 - 706 pages
...speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 't is a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's...upward turns his face : But when he once attains the utmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | Religion - 1857 - 598 pages
...beirdd Seisonig a Chymreig a welir yn ei goflyfr. Gwasanaethed ychydig enghreiffliau, — Ambition. lis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns hie face ; But when be once attains the utmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks... | |
 | William Hunter (rector of Ayr acad.) - 1857 - 130 pages
...and to speak truth of Cesar, I have 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-upwards turns his face ; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...and, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections swayed More than his 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 utmost round, He then unto the ladder... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 488 pages
...And to speak truth of Caesar, I have 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 turns his face : But when he once attains the utmost round, He then unto the ladder... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1857 - 410 pages
...and, to speak truth of Cresar, I have not known when his affections swayed More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the cumber upward turns his face : But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1858 - 1096 pages
...Go. "So that it was like a game of hide and go seek." — Edward's First Lessons in Grammar, p. 90. " That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face." — Bwcke'i Gram., p. 97. UNDER RULE IV. — OF ELLIPSES. " This building serves yet for a school and... | |
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