 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 Seiten
...But grant that thofe 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 knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 392 Seiten
...But g:ant that thofe can conquer, thefe can cheat ; "Tis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great : z30 Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, finiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 Seiten
...themfelves are wife, but others weak. But grant that thofe can conquer, thefe can cheat; 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great: Who wickedly is wife,...madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aureliut... | |
 | 1783 - 1276 Seiten
...in the iffue to heighten and expofe the peculiar deformities they were meant to conceal. 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a villain great ! Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Ji but the more a/ool, the more a knave ; A wit's a feather, and a chief's a rod, An hoped man's the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 Seiten
...But grant that thofe 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 knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius... | |
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 Seiten
...themfelves are wife, but others weak. But, grant that thofe can conquer ; thefe can cheat 'Tis phrafe abfurd, to call a villain great. . Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Ts but the more a fool, the more a kr.ave.. Who noble ends by noble means obraius, . Or, failing, fmiles... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 Seiten
...But grant that thofe 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 knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 Seiten
...thcmfelvcs are wife, but others weak. But grant that thofe can conquer, thcfe can cheat, *Tis phrafe abfurd to call a villain great : Who wickedly is wife,...madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmilcs in exile or in chains, Like go>d Aurelius... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 Seiten
...thole can conquer, thcfc can cheat ; 'Tis phntfe abfurd to call a \illain great : Who wickedly is wile, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by neble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Amelius... | |
 | James Roach - 1793 - 274 Seiten
...themfelves arc wife, but others weak. But grant that thoCe can conquer, thefe can chrat ; Tis phrafe. abfurd to call a villain great : , Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, 1s but the more a. fool, t!i: more a.knaves. Wk. Who noble ends by noble means obtain), Or failing,... | |
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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... 
