 | William Warburton - 1742 - 220 pages
...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... | |
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - Poets, English - 1745 - 426 pages
...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 Greatnefss but the End aimed at; and the Means... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1776 - 52 pages
...can conquer, thefe can cheat ; :Tif phrafe abfurd to call a Villain Great : 23 Who wickedly is wife;, or madly brave,. Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. ^Vho noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, fmilts in exile or in chuius, Like good Aureiiuslet... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...politic and wise ; 225 All sly slow things, with circumspective eyes: Men in theit loose unguarded hours they take, Not that themselves are wise, but...cheat, 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great: 230 Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who nobte ends... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...thole can conquer, thcfc can cheat ; 'Tis phntfe abfurd to call a \illain great : Who wickedly is wile, nd huih'd the holy child, Lo, he {lumbers neble means obtains, Or failing, fmiles in exile or in chains, Like good Amelius let him reign, or... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...alike the politic and wise; All fly slow things with circumspective eyes; Men in their loose unguarded hours they take, Not that themselves are wise, but...can conquer, these can cheat: Tis phrase absurd, to cull a villain great; Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave.... | |
 | Noah Webster - Readers - 1802 - 278 pages
...: Men in their loose unguarded hours they take; Not that themselves are whe ; but others weak, Bat grant that those can conquer ; these can cheat; 'Tis...absurd to call a villain great* "Who wickedly is wise, er madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knaveWho noble ends by noble means obtains, Or,... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...: Men in their loose unguarded hours they take ; ' -.'• Not that themselves are wise; bat .ethers weak. But grant that those can conquer ; these can...Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble tnds by noble means obtains, Or, falling, smiles in exile, »r in chains, Like good Aurelim let him... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...politic and wise ! 225 All sly slow things with circumspective eyes : Men in their loose unguarded hours they take, Not that themselves are wise, but...cheat, 'Tis phrase absurd to call a villain great : 230 Who wickedly is wise, cr madly brave, Is but the more a fool the more a knave. Who noble ends... | |
 | Henry Whitfield - 1804 - 510 pages
...ftrange purpofe of their lives to find, Or make, an enemy <yf all mankind. Yv'ho wickedly is wife, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. All fame is foreign but of true defert, Plays round the head and comes not to the heart. One felf-npproving... | |
| |
All sly, slow things, with circumspective eyes : Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take ; Not that themselves are wise, but others weak. 
