 | William Shakespeare - 2003 - 164 pages
...Caesar, I have not known when his affections swayed 20 More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...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... | |
 | James Hastings - Reference - 2004 - 344 pages
...brought, 67 laddre, or ellea by degree, It wolde wel have lyked me.' And Shaks. Jul. Caisar, H. i. 26— 4 But when he once attains the upmost round. He then...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.' This is the meaning of 'degree' in AV wherever it occurs in the plur. : the ref. being either to the... | |
 | Kenneth Muir - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 224 pages
...of Caesar, I have not known when his affections swayed More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof That lowliness is young Ambition's ladder Whereto...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may: Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no colour for the thing he is,... | |
 | Irving Ribner - Art - 2005 - 232 pages
...power must inevitably corrupt the most virtuous man and make a tyrant of him: But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may. Then, lest he may, prevent. (II.i.21-28) In terms of Tudor political doctrine these lines... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2005 - 292 pages
...Brutus tries to justify murdering Caesar, he too evokes the rivalrous world of Roman politics: . . . lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. (2. 1 .23-28) Because Caesar has gained this "upmost round" and towers "like a Colossus" above his... | |
 | Andrew Hadfield - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 392 pages
...reason. But 'tis 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 Caesar may. Then, lest he may, prevent. (2.1.10-15, 19-iy)97 Given that what is to be carried out is... | |
 | Syd Pritchard - Golf - 2005 - 149 pages
...Smart-Ass But 'tis 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. [Julius Caesar II i 2 1 ] Nemesis And when he thinks his greatness is a-ripening A killing frost nips... | |
 | Arthur F. Kinney - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 186 pages
...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 ladder, Whereto...scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest he may, prevent. And since the quarrel Will bear no color for the thing he is,... | |
 | Mark Latham - Australia - 2006 - 268 pages
...Mathews, Hardball, 1999 Theodore White, on Lyndon Johnson's instinct for power But 'tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto...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... | |
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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... 
