 | Alexander Pope - 1824
...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." NOTES. Ver. 220. From Macedonia's] He has fallen into the common cant about Alexander the Great. Think... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...Who .noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chaina, Like good Aurelhss let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame ? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond ш, e'en before our death. Just what you hear you have... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...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. The tear of sympathy. No radiant pearl, which crested fortune wears, -No gem, that twinkling hangs... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Soerates, that man is great indeed. What's fame ? a faney'd here Just what you hear, you have ; and what's unknown, The same (my lord) if Tully's, or your own. All... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...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 is great indeed. What 's fame ? a fancied life in others' breath ; A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death : Just what... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...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. The tear of sympathy. No radiant pearl, which crested fortune wears, No gem, that twinkling hang* from... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 pages
...failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius8 let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates3, that Man is great indeed. What's Fame? a fancy'd life...breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death. Just what you hear, you have, and what's unknown The same (my Lord) if Tully's, or your own. 240 All... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 586 pages
...failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius2 let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates3, that Man is great indeed. What's Fame? a fancy'd life...breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death. Just what you hear, you have, and what's unknown The same (my Lord) if Tully's, or your own. 240 All... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 pages
...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 fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. Just what you hear, you have,... | |
 | John A. Kersey - Literature - 1894 - 588 pages
...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." "If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shined, The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind; Or, ravished... | |
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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... 
