 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...  Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son - Page 167by George Gregory - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 lehte
...those can conquer, these can cheat 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : Who wickedly is wis«, or madly brave, Is .but the more a fool, the more...Or, failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurellus let him reign, or bleed Like Soeratts, that man is great indeed. LESSON XII. CHARITY. Grasp... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - 308 lehte
...precious is obtain'd, But what is painful too ; By travel and lo travel born, Our sabbaths are but few. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing,...chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By strong and endless... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 lehte
...to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to ev'ry land, The work of an Almighty hand. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing,...chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By strong and endless... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 lehte
...to day, Docs his Creator's power display^ And publishes to ev'ry laud The work of an Almighty hand. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing,...in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him refgn, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. Our hearts are fasten'd to this world, By... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 lehte
...still he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward farther than his nose. No less alike the politic and wise, 225 Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. D 3 All «ly slow things, with circumspective eyes : Men in (heir loose unguarded hours they take,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 lehte
...aspect, and a smile at heart* " True Greatness. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or falling, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed ; " Lake Socrates, that man is great indeed. The Tear of Sympathy. .No radiant pearl, which crested... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 lehte
...unlike the triumph of the proud*; A modest aspect, and a smile at heart. True Greatness. -\ ' Who uoble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in...chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. t The Tear of Sympathy. No radiant pearl, which cresred fortune... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 lehte
...fury of wild beasts. " Call * This U the emperor whom Pope has panegyrised in Ihe following fines. " Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles in exile or in chains ; • Like good Aurclius, let him reign ; or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed." t Cave-s Life of Polycarp.... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 492 lehte
...fury of wild beasts. " Call * This is the emperor vthom Pope baa panegyrised in the following " Wbo noble ends by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles in exile or in chains ; Like good Aurelim, let him reigu ; or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed." » Care's Life of Polycarp.... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 lehte
...beasts. " Call * This is the emperor whom Pope has panegyrised in the following lines. " Who noble enjs by noble means obtains, Or, failing, smiles in exile or in chains ; Like good Aurelms, let him reign ; or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed," f Cave's Life of Polyoarp.... | |
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