 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...  The Works of Alexander Pope Esq - Seite 87von Alexander Pope - 1751Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - 308 Seiten
...lo travel born, Our sabbaths are but few. 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. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By strong and endless... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 Seiten
...looks forward farther than his nose. No less alike the politic and wise, 225 Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. D 3 All «ly slow things, with circumspective eyes : Men in (heir loose unguarded hours they take,... | |
 | 1816 - 852 Seiten
...bring about Thy wifhcs, thou art witkedlj devout. Dryien. 'Tis pbrafe abfurd to call a villain great : Who wickedly is wife or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Pope. * WICKEDNESS. «. /. [from wicked.} Corruption of manners ; guilt; moral ill. — It is not good... | |
 | George Chalmers - 1818 - 526 Seiten
...in the annals of Scotland. But, " Tis phrase absurd, to call a villain good ; Who, wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave." By his wife Agnes, Murray left two daughters, Margaret, and Mary : The first married Sir James Steuart... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 Seiten
...the heartfelt joy, Is virtue's prize. 4. 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. GENERAL EMPHASIS, Is that emphatic force, which, when the... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 Seiten
...can conquer ; -these can cheat i 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great. Who wickedly is wiso, 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 Soerates — that man... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1820 - 80 Seiten
...those can conquer, these can cheat; "Fis 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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 Seiten
...can conquer, these can > In at : "Pis phrase absurd to call a villain great ; Who wickedly is wise, om's triumph is well-tim'd retreat, As hard a science...the fair as great ! Beauties, like tyrants, old and smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 398 Seiten
...conquer; these can cheat; "* 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great. Who wickedly is wise, or maoly 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 Aurelins let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates — that man... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 434 Seiten
...phrase absurd to call a villain great. Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a tool, 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... | |
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