 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 872 sidor
...have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face : But when he onco attains the utmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Mary Cowden Clarke - 1848 - 156 sidor
...in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. oLowliness 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1850 - 260 sidor
...greatness is, when it disjoins remorse from power.—BRU. II., 1. 'Tis a common proof, that lowliness is young 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, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | 1850 - 800 sidor
...Explain from quality and kind — calculate. 28. Brutus. — " But '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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 586 sidor
...not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But '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... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 sidor
...stars. But in ourselves, that we are underlings. (I, ii) 44 But '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... | |
 | Lionel Kelly - 1995 - 399 sidor
...forgotten, or was unwilling to remember, his own career; for oo Lowliness is voung ambition's ladder, J O 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 sidor
...not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But '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... | |
 | Robert Smallwood - 1998 - 228 sidor
...species of sophistry happens twice in this opening speech: . . . But '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... | |
 | William Stewart - 1998 - 438 sidor
...it' (Genesis 28:12). Shakespeare speaks of the ladder of ambition: 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... | |
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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... 
