 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...villain ^reat. Who wickedly is wife, or madlj brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave, \Vho noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles...chains ; Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates — that man is great indeed. What's fame ? a fanci'd life in others' breath, A thing... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1817 - 216 pages
...obtain'd, But what is painful too ; By travel and to travel born, Jr Our sabbaths are but few. ' * Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing,...in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reigij^or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1817 - 290 pages
...modest aspect, and a smile at heart. * * True grcu'.nsss. '• Wh« noble ends by noble means obtain«, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius, let him reign, or bleed Like tíocrates, that man is great indeed. 4 The tear of Sympathy. No radiant pearl which crested fortune... | |
 | Rufus W. Adams - Children's literature - 1818 - 322 pages
...wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a foul, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble mauns obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile, or in chains ; Like good Aurelius, let him reigu or bleed Socrate?—that man is great indeed ! ,. JN What's famcf A fancied life in others' breally... | |
 | George Chalmers - 1818 - 526 pages
...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... | |
 | Virginia Waddy - English language - 1889 - 432 pages
...hoofs of dreadful note ? Sounds not the clang of conflict on the heath ? 25. Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, ' Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. 26. He falls slowly, and, amidst triumphant cries, he dies without a groan, without a struggle. 27.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1891 - 340 pages
...conquer, these can cheat ; "Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : 230 Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave....Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's Fame ? A fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, even before our death. Just what you hear, you have,... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 pages
...can conquer, these can cheat; 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great ; Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave....chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign or bleed Like Socrates, than man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in other's breath, A thing beyond... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1891 - 340 pages
...these can 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : 130 Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, i Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble...obtains, ; Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, I Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed I 235 Like Socrates, that man is great indeed, j What's... | |
 | William Whiting Crane - 1891 - 508 pages
...SPIRITUALISM. " With the talent of an angel a man may be a fool." YOUNG. " Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave." — POPE. The Hon. Mr. , once a leading mind in this country, says he has just heard from Paul, that... | |
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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... 
