 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...  The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare - Page 121by William Shakespeare - 1839Full view - About this book
 | Arthur F. Kinney - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 186 pages
...Crown him that, And then I grant we put a sting in him That at his will he may do danger with. . . . But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's...may; Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no color for the thing he is, Fashion it thus: that what he is, augmented, Would run to these... | |
 | Mark Latham - Australia - 2006 - 268 pages
...assistants. Christopher Mathews, Hardball, 1999 Theodore White, on Lyndon Johnson's instinct for power But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. Brutus in William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 1599 ANATOMY Cough once told me the story of an ALP National... | |
 | Ernest Pertwee - Self-Help - 2006 - 281 pages
...| 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...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. | So Csesar may : — Then, lest he may, prevent, | And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Dramatists, English - 2007 - 1288 pages
...reason. But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the cumber-upward nds of woe Into Hey nonny, nonny. Sing no more ditties,...PEDRO. By my troth, a good song. BALTHAZAR. And an i Will bear no colour for the thing he is, Fashion it thus; that what he is, augmented, Would run to... | |
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