 | William Warburton - 1765 - 498 ˹éÒ
...HEROES, one meets with, in early and remote hiftory. For as our great englifh poet well obferves, " HEROES ARE MUCH THE SAME, the point's agreed, * From Macedonia's madman to the Swede -, '* The whole ftrange purpofe of their lives, to find, *' Or make an enemy of all mankind. To mew... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 ˹éÒ
...Howards. Look next on Greatness ; say 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 ; 220 The whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind ! Not one looks... | |
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 ˹éÒ
...boldly for the savage, and I, perhaps for that reason, sided with the citizen.' Piozzi Letters, 1.115. ' Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede; The whole strange purpose of their lives to find, Or make, an enemy of all mankind ! Not one looks... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 426 ˹éÒ
...the savage mine I Yes: truly glorious, only great is he, Who conquers, or who bleeds for liberty. " Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, " From Macedonia's madman to the Swede." Like baleful comets flaming in the skies, At destin'd times th' appointed scourges rise ; Awhile in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 ˹éÒ
...Howards. Look next on greatness ; say 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 whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind ! Not one looks... | |
 | 1800 - 322 ˹éÒ
..." Look next on greatness ; say 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 whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind! Not one looks backward,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 ˹éÒ
...Howards. Look next on Greatness ; say where greatness lies I " Where but among the heroes and the wise I" Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; The whole strange purpose of their lives to find Or make an enemy of all mankind ! Not one looks... | |
 | 1806 - 330 ˹éÒ
...Howards. Look next on greatness ; say 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 whole strange purpose of the.ir lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind ! Not one looks... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 ˹éÒ
...Praeterit, exanimatque indignos, inqtie merentes.* He has turned the insult into a magnificent image. 50. Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede. The * Lib. ii. ver. 1100. The modern Alexander has been thus characterized by the British Juvenal,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 ˹éÒ
...Howards. Look next ou greatness ; say 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 whole strange purpose of their lives to find Or make an enemy of all mankind ! Not one looks... | |
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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. 
