 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 188 sidor
...from the purpose of the things themselves. Act 1, Sc. 3. Bru. 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 utmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | Maximilian Schele de Vere - 1867 - 384 sidor
...forgotten, if not altogether extinct, so it has frequently happened with interjections ; they were — " the 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... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 sidor
...well as soar. The pride of no person in a flourishing condition is more justly to be dreaded than that Whereto the climber upward turns his face : But when he once attains the topmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | Edward Riches De Levante - 1869 - 296 sidor
...construction in the face. When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. 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 into the clouds, &c. The whining schoolboy,... | |
 | William Stewart Ross - 1870 - 72 sidor
...dog-like one, then truly all hope is gone.— Thomas Carlyle. 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... | |
 | James Currie (A.M.) - 1871 - 136 sidor
...and betrayed Him counterfeit, if any eye beheld. — Milton. 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 - 1913 - 502 sidor
...it disjoins Remorse from power." Adding: 1 'Tis a common proof That lowliness is young amibition's ladder; Whereto the climber upward turns his face; But when he once attains the topmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 344 sidor
...for always I am Caesar. ACT II. Ambition clad in Humility. 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... | |
 | 1872 - 660 sidor
...have not known when his affections swayed 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... | |
 | 1872 - 710 sidor
...not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back. Looks in the clouds, scorning the base deBy which... | |
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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... 
