 | 1847 - 526 pages
...and snow ; He, who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Tho' far above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth...icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head. BYRON'S Childe Harold. 20. — Leonidas, and Washington, Whose every battle-field is... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pages
...everlasting fame. POPE'S Essay on Man. 19. He, who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find Their loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He, who surpasses...mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Tho' far above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...reverses which led to the remark. 33 XLV. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks f her feast Monarchs partook, and deem'd their dignity...increased. m. In Venice Tasso's echoes are no mor Iwiow. Though high abort the sun of glory glow, And far btxtatJi the earth and ocean spread, Roxiul... | |
 | 1847 - 482 pages
...its narrow policy and its superstitions, and the partizans of these became naturally his enemies ; " He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of all below." — BYRON. In those dark ages, before the press had erected a fair tribunal of appeal,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 848 pages
...1 [" He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and enow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down...high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the eanh and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head,... | |
 | William Henry Seward, John Mather Austin - 1849 - 424 pages
...he knew well, none knew better, that " He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow. He who surpasses or...icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to their summits led." The federal authority had so... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1849 - 408 pages
...hunters and a slaughter'd stag. 1 [" He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or...icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led." ChiUt Harold, Canto ill.] Who... | |
 | William Henry Seward, John Mather Austin - 1849 - 414 pages
...he knew well, none knew better, that " He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow. He who surpasses or...glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Rmmd him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the... | |
 | 1853 - 732 pages
...subjected to the rivalries, the envy, the jealousy, and even the malice, ofttimes, of his opponents, but " he who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below." It is a beautiful manifestation of that vein of goodness which permeates the whole human character... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 1850 - 540 pages
...loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow t He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down upon the hate of those below ; Though high above the sun...icy rocks, and loudly blow, Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward th» toils which to these summits led." It is true, sir, that the great... | |
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He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean... 
