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... An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare: Compared with the Greek ... - Page 235 by Elizabeth Robinson Montagu - 1810 - 296 pages Full view -
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