 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1864 - 342 Seiten
...absorbing flames the proud edifice which we have created, — For, '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... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1864 - 332 Seiten
...absorbing flames the proud edifice which we have created, — For, 'tis a common proof, That lowliuess 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... | |
 | Henry Drury - 1865 - 430 Seiten
...not known when his affections sway'd 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 utmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, — Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | George Augustus Sala - 1866 - 340 Seiten
...venal quean makes the clarion to sound, and all the world is amazed. Lowliness, our Shakspeare says, 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... | |
 | 1866 - 582 Seiten
...platform from which to grasp at universal truths, of which he had a distant vision. But this lowliness ' is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He thon unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | 1866 - 586 Seiten
...platform from which to grasp at universal truths, of which he had a distant vision. But this 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 192 Seiten
...necessary end, Will come when it will come. III. — AMBITION. Bur '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... | |
 | 1866 - 604 Seiten
...platform from which, to grasp at universal truths, of which he had a distant vision. But this lowliness ' is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face ; But when he once attains tho upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 Seiten
...dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Sh. Jul. CI 2. 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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1867 - 414 Seiten
...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... | |
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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... 
