 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 80 pages
...the wise !" troes ire much the same, the point's agreed, om Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; 220 tie whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind ! pot one looks backward, onward still he goes, let ne'er looks forward further than his nose. Xc le?s... | |
 | Barclay Mounteney - 1824 - 580 pages
...the authors of their own celebrity, he remarked, " I am neither better nor worse than Other men : " ' Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede.* " We assent to the justice of the remark, — not so the Editor. With him, Napoleon was not only infamous,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 84 pages
...Look next on greatness ; say where greatness lies "'. " Where, but among the heroes and thp wise !" Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; 220 The whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind ! Not one looks... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 430 pages
...priest : Thy pride as much despise all other pride As Christ Church once all colleges beside. Warburton. Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; 220 COMMENTARY. bustle, if they want virtue, effect only this, that the one proves himself a fool,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 141 pages
...Howards. Look next on greatness ; say where greatness lies. ' Where, but among the heroes and the wise?' Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to tKfe Swede; 220 The whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make, an enemy of all mankind... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 pages
...Howards. Look next on greatness : say where greatness lies, Where, but among the heroes and the wise ? Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From...an enemy of all mankind ! Not one looks backward, onw.ird still he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nose. No less alike the politic and... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt, Charles Hanbury-Williams - 1901 - 692 pages
...Moralists have been denouncing conquerors time out of mind. Heroes, Pope tells us, are much the same, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede : The whole strange...their lives to find, Or make, an enemy of all mankind. Alexander and Charles XII. were moved by selfish ambition, and therefore their wars were simply wicked.... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - 1901 - 614 pages
...actions may as well be done By weaver's issue, as by prince's son. —Dryden: 'Absalom and Achitophel.* Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede. —Pope : ' Essay on Man.* HOME The little smiling cottage ! where at eve He meets his rosy children... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 pages
...greatness lies : ' Where, but among the heroes and the wise ? ' Heroes are much the same, the point 's break npon thee in a flood of day ! No more the rising...mom, Nor evening Cynthia fill her silver horn ; But ! . . . If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shined, The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind : Or... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 pages
...greatness lies: 'Where, but among the heroes and the wise?' Heroes are much the same, the point 's tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole...solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestria ! . . . If parts allure thee, think how Bacon sinned, The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind : Or... | |
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The whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind! Not one looks backward, onward still he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nose. 
