 | John William Stanhope Hows - American drama - 1865 - 592 pages
...the climate that they point upon. Lowliness is Young Ambition's Ladder. .... But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. . . . MARE ANTONY'S Afostrofhe to CESAR'S Body. O, pardon me, thou... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1865 - 728 pages
...Cscsar, I 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...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, since the quarrel... | |
 | Wolfgang Clemen - English drama - 1987 - 232 pages
...Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd 20 More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, 25 Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Brutus, is not in our stars. But in ourselves, that we are underlings. (I, ii) 44 But 'tis a common proof ood fountain, a good well-head, Would blur no whisper,...(1. 11-13) 49 It is somebody wants to do us harm. degrees By which he did ascend. (II, i) 45 When beggars die there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves... | |
 | Ivo Kamps - Drama - 1995 - 360 pages
...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...bear no colour for the thing he is, Fashion it thus: (Hi21-30) Brutus, like Cassius before him, conjures here a representation of a Caesar that the play... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, 3 3 3 degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will... | |
 | Robert Smallwood - Drama - 1998 - 228 pages
...argument. This species of sophistry happens twice in this opening speech: . . . But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. (ni21-y) The implication is clear. Caesar, despite all appearances... | |
 | William Stewart - Psychology - 1998 - 438 pages
...descending on it' (Genesis 28:12). Shakespeare speaks of the ladder of ambition: Tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend (Julius Caesar, act 2, scene. 1, 1. 21.) The Egyptians often buried... | |
 | Penry Williams - History - 1998 - 650 pages
...might change his nature, there's the question. It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, . . . But when he once attains the upmost round, He then...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 since the quarrel Will... | |
 | R. A. Foakes - Performing Arts - 2000 - 332 pages
...Caesar, I 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...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 since the quarrel Will... | |
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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... 
