 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...greatness lies. " Where, but among the heroes and the wise !" Heroes arc much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede : The...mankind ! Not one looks backward ; onward still he goes ; Yetjne'er looks forward, farther than his nose. No less alike the politic and wise ; All fly slow... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 452 pages
...must feel the discordance. The following couplet, sinking far below the subject, is no less ludicrous. Not one looks backward, onward still he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward farther than his nose. Essay tu Man, Ep. IV. 223. Le Rhin tremble et fremit à ces tristes nouvelles ; Le feu sort à travers... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1816 - 832 pages
...Pope, " Heroes are much the same, tbe point 's agreed, From Macedonia's roadman to the Swede, The'whole strange purpose of their lives to find Or make an enemy of all mankind." Had my time permitted me to remain a week at Tonrnay, 1 might have selected from the researches of... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1817 - 532 pages
...discordance. The following couplet, sinking far below the subject, is no less ludicrous: •) , ;i . . , Not one looks backward, onward still he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward farther than his nose. Essay on Man, Ep. iv. 223. ' . ".i "• • !!••. : .. . .....:• Le Rhirt tremble et fremit à... | |
 | Rufus W. Adams - Children's literature - 1818 - 322 pages
...ennoble sots, or 1 slaves, or cowards I Alas ! not all the blood of all the Howards. 1 ,/ f -, , , , , Look next on greatness: Say where greatness lies,...the Swede; The whole strange purpose of their lives, tbittiflp Or make—an enemy of all mankind ! Not one looks backward ; onward stilt lie goes ; Yet... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...greatness lies: " Where but among the heroes and the wise ?" Heroes are much the same, the point's armed throng , And kings sat still with aweful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran further tlian his nose. No less alike the politic and wise : All sly slow things, with circumspective... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1820 - 80 pages
...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 the Swede; The...backward, onward still he goes, Yet ne'er looks forward further than his nose. No less alike the politic and wise; All sly, slow things, with circumspective... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...greatness lies. " Where, but among the heroes and the wise ?" Heroe-,are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede : The...backward ; onward still he goes ; Yet ne'er looks for ward, farther than his nose. No less alike the politic and wise ; All fly slow things with circumspective... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...greatness lies. " Where but among the heroes and the wise ?" Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede : The whole strange purpose of theft lives to find, Or make an enemy of all mankind ! Not one looks backward ; onward still he goes... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 pages
...the Howards. 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,...than his nose ! No less alike the politic and wise ; 225 All sly, slow things, with circumspective eyes ; .Men in their loose unguarded hours they take,... | |
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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. 
