 | 1900 - 372 pages
...James Porter, Toronto. Measures, not men, have always been my mark. OLIVER GOLDSMITH. Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ? JAMES BEATTIE. We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures... | |
 | Otto Ritter - 1901 - 282 pages
...Waddell (S. 294) erkannt hat, mit einer Reminiscenz aus Beattie's Minstrel (I l, l f.): 'Ah! who cau teil how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar,' etc.; 4 ) 1) Ein matter Vorklang von unseres Storm prächtigem Liede "Bettlerliebe"! -") In dieser... | |
 | 1901 - 756 pages
...Waddell (S. 294) erkannt hat, mit einer Reminiscenz aus Beattie's Minstrel (I l, l f.): 'Ah! who cau teil how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar,' etc.;*) ') Ein matter Vorklang von unseres Storni prächtigem Liede "Bettlerliebe"! *) In dieser Hinsicht... | |
 | Oscar Tully Shuck - 1901 - 1236 pages
...chair of state to the federal senate — for Fame had claimed him as her favorite. "O, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar !" Latham mounted the height, as if aided by unseen wings, and friend and foe alike applauded as rapidly... | |
 | Henry Benjamin Meigs - 1901 - 420 pages
...subject, though it is to be hoped a fitting account may some time be published. Ah ! who caii tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar. —BiOttie. No. 732. SERGT. JAMES MADISON MEIGS. At the commencement of the Civil War, James Madison... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 pages
...it ; I like to be despised. The Hypocrite. Act c. Sc. X. JAMES BEATTIE. 1735-1803. Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ? The Minstrel. Book i. Stanza 1. Zealous, yet modest ; innocent, though free j Patient of toil, serene... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 542 pages
...measure. The keynote is struck in the opening stanzas : PRELUDE TO THE MINSTREL. Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with... | |
 | William Franklin Watson - 1904 - 244 pages
...crimes. 2. Discover the opinion of your enemies, which is commonly the truest. 3. Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep, where Fame's proud temple shines afar ? 4. He that is not with us is against us. 5. Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast... | |
 | Pierce Egan - 1904 - 406 pages
...drop-scene, at one view, displays the difficulty of becoming A FIRST-RATE ACTOR. Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The STEEP where FAME'S proud temple shines afar 1 On the left side at the bottom, or groundwork of the Picture, is seen the temptations held out to... | |
 | William Franklin Webster, Alice Woodworth Cooley - 1904 - 246 pages
...crimes. 2. Discover the opinion of your enemies, which is commonly the truest. 3. Ab, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep, where Fame's proud temple shines afar ? 4. He that is not with us is against us. 5. Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast... | |
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AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war... 
