 | William Warburton - 1742 - 220 pagine
...Now — Grant that thofe can conquer, thefe can cheat, 'Tis Phrafe abfurd to call a Villain., Great : Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a Fool, the more a Knave. It is not Sucafs therefore that conftitutes true Greatnefs; but the End aimed at ; and the Meanc which... | |
 | 1744 - 198 pagine
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 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 426 pagine
...Means which are employed : And if thefe be right, Glory will be the Reward, whatever be the Iflue : Who noble Ends by noble Means obtains, Or failing,...in Exile or in Chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that Man is great indeed. IV . With regard to Fame, that ftill more... | |
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 pagine
...Now — Grant that thofe can conquer, thefe can cheat) 'Tis Phrafe abfurd to call a Villain, Great : Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a Fool, the more a Knave. It is not the -Succefs therefore that conftitutes true Greatnels; but the End aimed at; and the Means... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pagine
...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...in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates, that Man is great indeed. What's Fame ? a fancy'd life in others... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 274 pagine
...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...in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates, that Man is great indeed. What's Fame ? a fancy'd life in others... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 374 pagine
...employed : And if thefe be right, Glory will be the reward, whatever be the ifluc: Who mile ends by nobk means obtains^ Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. . ' V£E. 237. fW)3t'f Fomi?] IV. With regard... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 378 pagine
...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...in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates, that Man is great indeed. What's Fame ? a fancy'd life in others... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 238 pagine
...But grant that thofe can conquer, thefe can cheat; 'Tis phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great: 250 Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more...Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurclius let him reign, or bleed 235 Like Socrates, that Man is great indeed. What's Fame ? a fancy'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 234 pagine
...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...in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed 23 £ Like Socrates, that Man is great indeed. What's Fame ? a fancy'd life in others... | |
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Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. 
