 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 Seiten
...thofe can conquer, thefe can cheat ; "Tis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great : Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a...Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Soerates, that man is... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 Seiten
...But grant that those can 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. Who nobte ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 Seiten
...can conquer, thefe can cheat ; *Tis phrafe abfurd to call a villain great ; 230 Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a...Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed. 235 Like Socrates, that man... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 1164 Seiten
...can conquer, theft can cheat ; 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great: 239 Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a...Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, finiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 135 Like Socrates, that Man... | |
 | 1780 - 498 Seiten
...njere eccho of a naaie, forae in riches, vain purfuit ! — fome iu fame. " What's fame ? a fancy'd life in others breath, A thing beyond us, e'en before our death ! '' Some run the round of pleafure's giddy maze ! •* And e'en while faihion's brighteft arts decoy,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 Seiten
...thofe can conquer, thefe can cheat; 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great: Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a...Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aureliut let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that Man is... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 Seiten
...that themselves are wise, but others weak. But grant that those can conquer, these can cheat; 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great: Who wickedly...in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign3 or bleed Like Socrates,4 that man is great indeed. What's fame ? a fancied life in other's breath,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 Seiten
...can conquer, thefe can cheat ; 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great : 23* Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a...Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 235 .Like Socrates, that Man... | |
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 Seiten
...but the more a fool, the more a kr.ave.. Who noble ends by noble means obraius, . Or, failing, fmiles in exile or in chains ; Like good Aurelius let him...— that man is great indeed. What's fame ? — a fancy'd life in others breadr;A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death. All fame is foreign, but of... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 Seiten
...can conquer, thefe can cheat; 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great : 230 Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a...Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 23S Like Socrates, that Man... | |
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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... 
