 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 606 pages
...passage, which Is curious, That lowliness is young ambition'^ ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns hia , t i$ȴi$ i$ hu back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base d«-gr**> By which he did ascend:4 So Cr*ar may ; Then,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost rm. (II, i) 45 When beggars die there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death... | |
 | Lionel Kelly - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 399 pages
...ambition's ladder, JO Whereto the climber — upward turns his face : But, when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. But the readiness with which literary men have ever been willing to persecute their less successful... | |
 | Ivo Kamps - Drama - 1995 - 360 pages
...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...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may. Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing... | |
 | Penry Williams - History - 1998 - 650 pages
...question. It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, . . . But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back. Looks...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he... | |
 | Robert Smallwood - Drama - 1998 - 228 pages
...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...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. (ni21-y) The implication is clear. Caesar, despite all appearances to the contrary, has, for years... | |
 | William Stewart - Psychology - 1998 - 438 pages
...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...clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend (Julius Caesar, act 2, scene. 1, 1. 21.) The Egyptians often buried their dead with amulets of ladders,... | |
 | Stephen Orgel, Sean Keilen - Drama - 1999 - 426 pages
...Face : But when he once anaines the vpmost Round, He then vnto the Ladder turnes his Backe, Lookcs in the Clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend : so C&sar may; Ilien least he may, preuent. And since the Quarrell . . . (JC 11. 637-44, Hinman p.... | |
 | R. A. Foakes - Performing Arts - 2000 - 332 pages
...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...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he... | |
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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... 
