 | 1794 - 918 Seiten
...But^rant that thofe can conquer, thefe can cheat; ' Гь phrafe abfttrd to call a villain great : 130 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, fmiks in exile or in chains, 1 ,ikc goo J Aurcliu»... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 Seiten
...thcmfelvcs are wife, but others weak. But grant that rhofc 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, (miles in exile or in chains, like good Aurclius... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 Seiten
...those can conquer, these can cheat, 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : 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... | |
 | 1800 - 322 Seiten
...those can conquer, these can cheat: Tis phrase absurd, to cull a villain great; 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... | |
 | John Mason - 1801 - 192 Seiten
...flcies ? Heav'n ftill with laughter the vain toil furveys, And buries madmen in the heaps they raife. Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, or more a knave. Popes E/ay en Man> * Mark Ant. lib. 9. fee. 18. CHAP. XIII. VTiat Kind cf KncixhAge... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1802 - 252 Seiten
...themfelies are wife ; but oîhers weak. But grant that thofe ein conqaer ; thefe "E» phrafsabfurd to call a villain great.. Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, I> but the marc a fool, the mure a knave. Who noble end» by noble means obtain*, Or, falling, ¡"miles... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1804 - 232 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, falling, fmiles in exile, or in chains, Like good... | |
 | Henry Whitfield - 1804 - 510 Seiten
...Swede : The whole ftrange purpofe of their lives to find, Or make, an enemy <yf all mankind. Yv'ho wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. All fame is foreign but of true defert, Plays round the head and comes not to the heart. One felf-npproving... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 492 Seiten
...(oolifli man ' will Heaven reward us tl«re With the fame tram mad mortals wifb for here í "fis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great: Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave. Is but tile more a fool, the more a knave. 170 Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmilcs in... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1804 - 254 Seiten
...those can conquer ; these can cheat : Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great. Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble tnds by noble means obtains, Or, falling, smiles in exile, »r in chains, Like good Aurelim... | |
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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... 
