 | William Henry Ireland - Fools and jesters - 1807 - 356 pages
...ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upwards 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 ascend. Ambition is a gilded bubble bright, That hoodwinks... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 454 pages
...ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upwards 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 had ascended. So Caesar may : Then, lest he may, prevent. And... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...ambition's ladder, " Whereto the climber upward turns his face ; " But when he once attains the utmost round "He then unto the ladder turns his back ; " Looks in the clouds."— I have constantly made it a rule in revising the notes of former editors, to compare such passages as they... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...ambition's ladder, ' Whereto the climber upward turns his face; * But when lie once attains the utmost round ' He then unto the ladder turns his back; ' Looks in the clouds."— I have constantly made it a rule in revising the notes of former editors, to compare such passages as they... | |
 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - Comparative literature - 1810 - 338 pages
...ambition's ladder, AV hereto 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 ascend. So Cffisar may ; Then lest he may, prevent. How averse... | |
 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - Comparative literature - 1810 - 336 pages
...ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face ; But TV hen 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 ascend. So Caesar may. I'll us Mr. Voltaire translates it:... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 528 pages
...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 ascend : So Cassar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 394 pages
...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 degrees6 By which he did ascend : So Cxsar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 506 pages
...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 degrees8 By which he did ascend : So Caesar may ; • Then, lest he may, prevent.... | |
 | Robert Treat Paine - American literature - 1812 - 572 pages
...Ambition's ladder, Whereto the * limber upwards turns his face. Bat wh-n be once attains the topmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees, By which be did ascend." — Invest a Jacobin (of this minor species) in... | |
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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... 
