 | 564 pàgines
...surely 1 Be reasonable, aa we hope we are. CJjc ILonuon tUtcrar» ^foncer. THE TRUE NOBILITY. " SOME men are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them." So wrote the most accurate observer, as also the deepest student of humanity. To these three compartments... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 462 pàgines
...Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark ! Jf. V. i. 1. GREATNESS (See also KINGS, AUTHORITY). Some are born great : — some achieve greatness : — some have greatness thrust upon them. TN iii. 4. Rightly to be great, Is, not to stir without great argument ; But greatly to find quarrel... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pàgines
...Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark ! MV i. 1. GREATNESS (See also KINGS, AUTHORITY). Some are born great : — some achieve greatness ; — some have greatness thrust upon them. TN iii. 4. Rightly to be great, Is, not to stir without great argument ; But greatly to find quarrel... | |
 | 1856 - 606 pàgines
...destiny. How came this man to excel — what was in him — what happened to develope it! " Some men are born great ; some achieve greatness ; some have greatness thrust upon them. How came this man by it 7 Is it within my reach also 1 and, by what means ? History provokes us with... | |
 | Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1856 - 578 pàgines
...destiny. How came this man to excel — what was in him — what happened to develop it? " Some men are born great ; some achieve greatness ; some have greatness thrust upon them." How came this man by it'J Is it within my reach also ? and by what means ? History provokes us with... | |
 | 1858 - 976 pàgines
...self-respect ? PABSON. O, that must depend upon the nature of the animal. " Some," as Malvolio tells us, " are born great ; some achieve greatness ; some have greatness thrust upon them." I mean Joe to achieve self-respect. There is no such, thing as thrusting it upon them. Well ; to answer... | |
 | Francis Edward Paget - 1858 - 354 pàgines
...self-respect ? PABSON. O, that must depend upon the nature of the animal. " Some," as Malvolio tells us, " are born great ; some achieve greatness ; some have greatness thrust upon them." I mean Joe to achieve self-respect. There is no such thing as thrusting it upon them. Well ; to answer... | |
 | Jean Middlemass - 1875 - 290 pàgines
...have known you were only "trying to frighten me, for, after all, you don't know how to act." "Don't I? 'Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some have 'greatness thrust upon them;' now I feel that I was born great," and she began to strut about the room in a mock tragic manner, which... | |
 | Henry J. Fox - 1876 - 476 pàgines
...in Napoleon. Channing's Character of Nap. 62. — Characteristics of: Goldsmith's Wks., i, 70. — " Some are born great ; some achieve greatness ; some have greatness thrust upon them." Shakespeare. 460. GRIEF, — •' If we go down at noon-day to the bottom of a pit we see the stars.... | |
 | Henry J. Fox - 1876 - 478 pàgines
...Napoleon.'' Channing's Character of Nap. 62. — Characteristics of: Goldsmith's Wks., i, 70. — " Some are born great ; some achieve greatness ; some have greatness thrust upon them." Shakespeare. 460. GRIEF. — " If we go down at noon-day to the bottom of a pit we see the stars. Even... | |
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Some are born great; some achieve greatness; some have greatness thrust upon them. 
