 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 Seiten
...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...fancy'd life in others breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death. Just what you hear, you have ; and what's unknown, The same, my lord, if Tully's,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 268 Seiten
...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 iiideed. What's Fame ? a fancy'd life in other's breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 Seiten
...aspect, and a smile at heart. True Greatness. "Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like bocrates, that man is great indeed. The Tear of Sympathy. No radiant pearl, which crested fortune wears,... | |
 | 1822 - 284 Seiten
...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...Socrates ;—that man is great indeed. What's fame ? a fancied life in others' breath; A thing beyond us, e'en before our death: Just what you hear you have;... | |
 | Philip Withers - 1822 - 414 Seiten
...despise such vain and imaginary Distinctions. Who noble Ends, by noble Means obtains, Or, failing smiles in Exile, or in Chains, Like good Aurelius let him...or bleed Like Socrates, that Man is GREAT indeed.* If under serious Conviction of its final Importance, I thus consecrate a Page of my Essay to Religion,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 Seiten
...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 fame? a fancied life in others' breath; A thing beyond... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 Seiten
...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 is great indeed. encomiums bestowed on him by two such judges of men as... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 Seiten
...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 is great indeed. NOTES. encomiums bestowed on him by two such judges of... | |
 | Allen Fisk - 1822 - 192 Seiten
...noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles in exile or in chains ; Like good Anrelius, let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world,' By strong and endless ties ; But every sorrow cuts a string,... | |
 | James Wood Davidson - 1888 - 188 Seiten
...the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, or, failing, smiles in exile or in chnins, like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed like Socrates, that man Is great indeed." A passage from a later poet will show an increased disregard of the verse division, and tend to prove... | |
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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... 
