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" He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean... "
Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20 ... - Page 106
by Franklin James Didier - 1822
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1851 - 352 pages
...flickering, or a sword laid by, Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously. XLV. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most...thus reward the toils which to those summits led. XLVI. Away with these ! true Wisdom's world will be Within its own creation, or in thine, Maternal...
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Critical and miscellaneous essays, by an octogenarian (J. Roche).

James Roche - 1851 - 624 pages
...prey ?—But " He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. ****** Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending...his naked head; And thus reward the toils, which to these summits lead." Childe Harold, Canto iii. 45. For the direful rivalry of the contending factions...
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The Language of Flowers: The Floral Offering: a Token of Affection and ...

Henrietta Dumont - Flower language - 1852 - 330 pages
...Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. Shakspeare. He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt...thus reward the toils which to those summits led. Te gods, it doth amaze me, A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world,...
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Obituary Addresses on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. Henry Clay: A ...

United States. 32d Cong., 1st sess - Legislators - 1852 - 140 pages
...snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below : Though far above the sun of glory glow, • And far beneath the...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." Calumny and detraction emptied their vials upon him. But how glorious the change! He outlived malice...
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Obituary Addresses on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. Henry Clay: A ...

United States. Congress - Politicians - 1852 - 148 pages
...snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below : Though far above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." Calumny and detraction emptied their vials upon him. But how glorious the change! He outlived malice...
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Obituary Addresses on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. Henry Clay: A ...

United States. 32d Cong., 1st sess - Legislators - 1852 - 150 pages
...snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below : Though far above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." Calumny and detraction emptied their vials upon him. But how glorious the change! He outlived malice...
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Obituary Addresses on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. Henry Clay: A ...

United States. 32d Cong., 1st sess - Legislators - 1852 - 150 pages
...those below: Though far above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread. Bound him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests...thus reward the toils which to those summits led." Calumny and detraction emptied their vials upon him. But how glorious the change! He outlived malice...
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Transactions of the American Institute of the City of New York, Volume 10

American Institute of the City of New York - Agriculture - 1852 - 690 pages
...those below, Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests...naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summit* led." The history of scientific men most painfully impresses us with the truth of these lines....
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Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Issues 127-129

New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - New York (State) - 1852 - 1034 pages
...the snn of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round are icy rocks, and londly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led." The history of scientific men most painfully impresses us with the truth of these lines. Gallileo,...
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The Works of Lord Byron: In Verse and Prose. Including His Letters, Journals ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 1024 pages
...flickering, or a sword laid by Which eats into itselC and rusts injuriously. XLV. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most...thus reward the toils which to those summits led. Away with these ! true Wisdom's world will be Within its own creation, or in thine, Matemal Nature...
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