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
| L. C. Knights - Literary Criticism - 1979 - 326 pages
...common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the cumber-upward turns his face; And when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto...Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he is, Fashion it thus; that what he is, augmented, Would run to... | |
| William Shakespeare - Assassination - 1998 - 276 pages
...disjoins Remorse from power, and, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections swayed More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof That...back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees 20 15 him that,] f; him - tha1 - ROWE 2 3 climber-upward] r Inot hyphenated} for a wise and goud man,... | |
| Wolfgang Clemen - English drama - 1987 - 232 pages
...disjoins Remorse from power; and, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd 20 More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, That...upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, 25 Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...fates, The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars. But in ourselves, that we are underlings. (I, ii) 44 my soul, I would be a good fountain, a good well-head,...(1. 11-13) 49 It is somebody wants to do us harm. (II, i) 45 When beggars die there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death... | |
| Lionel Kelly - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 399 pages
...remember, his own career; for oo Lowliness is voung ambition's ladder, JO Whereto the climber — upward turns his face : But, when he once attains the upmost...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. But the readiness with which literary men have ever been willing to persecute their less successful... | |
| William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...with. Th'abuse of greatness is, when it disjoins Remorse from power: and, to speak truth of Caesar, 3 @ 3 Will bear no colour for the thing he is, Fashion it thus; that what he is, augmented, Would run to... | |
| Robert Smallwood - Drama - 1998 - 228 pages
...premiss to further his argument. This species of sophistry happens twice in this opening speech: . . . But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. (ni21-y) The implication is clear. Caesar, despite all appearances to the contrary, has, for years... | |
| William Stewart - Psychology - 1998 - 438 pages
...God ascending and descending on it' (Genesis 28:12). Shakespeare speaks of the ladder of ambition: Tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's...clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend (Julius Caesar, act 2, scene. 1, 1. 21.) The Egyptians often buried their dead with amulets of ladders,... | |
| Penry Williams - History - 1998 - 650 pages
...might change his nature, there's the question. It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, . . . But when he once attains the upmost round, He then...may; Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he is. Fashion it thus: that what he is, augmented, Would run to... | |
| R. A. Foakes - Performing Arts - 2000 - 332 pages
...with. Th'abuse of greatness is when it disjoins Remorse from power; and, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway'd More than...may; Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he is, Fashion it thus: that what he is, augmented, Would run to... | |
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