 | Anthony Meyler - Ireland - 1838 - 150 pages
...ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upwards turns his looks, But when he once attains the topmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may." I have now done with Mr. O'Connell,... | |
 | David Paul Brown - 1838 - 86 pages
...young ambition's ladder Whereto the climber upward turns his face, But when he once attains the utmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. So Caesar may. The translation is not only not true,... | |
 | National Tax Association - Municipal finance - 1917 - 472 pages
...a stepping stone to power and who, like the climber on the ladder, "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 ascend. ' ' Each of the agencies enumerated could be a means... | |
 | L. C. Knights - Literary Criticism - 1979 - 326 pages
...young ambition's ladder, Whereto the cumber-upward turns his face; And 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 ascend. So Caesar may: Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost rm. scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. (II, i) 45 When beggars die there are no comets seen;... | |
 | Ivo Kamps - Drama - 1995 - 360 pages
...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 ascend. So Caesar may. Then lest he may, prevent. And since... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...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. And, since... | |
 | Penry Williams - History - 1998 - 650 pages
...question. It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, . . . 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 ascend. So Caesar may; Then lest he may, prevent. And since... | |
 | William Stewart - Psychology - 1998 - 438 pages
...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 ascend (Julius Caesar, act 2, scene. 1, 1. 21.) The Egyptians... | |
 | Robert Smallwood - Drama - 1998 - 228 pages
...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 ascend. (ni21-y) The implication is clear. Caesar, despite... | |
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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... 
