 | William Shakespeare - Theater - 1821 - 668 pages
...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." — I have constantly made it a rule in revising the notes of former editors, to compare such passages a$ they... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 454 pages
...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 2 By which he did ascend: So Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 346 pages
...ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns l.:.s face : But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees9 By which he did ascend : So Cxsar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...parley The sleepers of the house ? speak, speak ; — 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face : But when lit! once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the baie degrees' By which he did ascend : So Caesar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 pages
...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 ascend : So Caesar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 444 pages
...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 ascend : So Caesar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...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 ascend. CONSPIRACY DREADFUL TILL EXECUTED. Between the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 578 pages
...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 6 By which he did ascend: So Caesar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 554 pages
...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 By which he did ascend5: So Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And,... | |
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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... 
