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" Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness... "
Cicero's epistles to Atticus, with notes, tr by W. Guthrie - Page 148
by Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1806
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The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1849 - 696 pages
...not been able to save others from such folly : — " Ambition this shall tempt to rise. Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter scorn a sacrifice And grinning infamy.'* As it was now the middle of Easter Term, and important Great Seal law business was suspended, the office...
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Memoirs of Eminent Etonians: With Notices of the Early History of Eton College

Edward Shepherd Creasy - Eton College - 1850 - 528 pages
...Grim-visaged comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd...
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The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1851 - 530 pages
...not been able to save others from such folly : — " Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter scorn a sacrifice And grinning infamy. " As it was now the middle of Easter Term, and important law business was suspended, the office of...
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The speaker: or, Miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers ...

William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter' d eye, That mocks the tear it...
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Select English poetry, with notes by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. THE FLIGHT OF TIME. 215 Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter scorn a sacrifice, And grinning infamy. The stings of falsehood those shall try, And hard unkindness' altered eye, That mocks the tear it forced...
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The Class Book of Poetry

Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...Grim-visaged, comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy : The stings of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it...
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A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ..., Volume 1

English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...Grim-visag'd comfortless despair, And sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter scorn a sacrifice, And grinning infamy ; The stings of falsehood those shall try, And hard unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it...
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A Book for a Corner; Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ..., Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 470 pages
...G-rim-visag'd comfortless despair, And sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter scorn a sacrifice, And grinning infamy ; The stings of falsehood those shall try, And hard uukindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it...
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A Book for a Corner, Or Selections in Prose and Verse from Authors the Best ...

Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...Grim-visag'd comfortless despair, And sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter scorn a sacrifice, And grinning infamy ; The stings of falsehood those shall try, And Lard unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it...
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The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With a Memoir of Each

William Collins, Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1852 - 332 pages
...Grira-visaged comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness* alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forced...
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