| Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1894 - 1066 ˹éÒ
...success." We may recall, too, the words of a greater poet — " The low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it ; This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it. The low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred's soon hit ; The high man, aiming at a million,... | |
| 1856 - 706 ˹éÒ
...tiling to do, | Misses an nnlt. Sees it ami does It : ; That, hag the world here— should he need This high man, with a great thing to pursue. Dies...knows It. That low man goes on adding one to one, Ills hundred's soon hit : This high man, aiming at a million, the next, Let the world mind him ! This,... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1896 - 496 ˹éÒ
...bore him so proudly. And this is the moral of the tale :— That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it: This high man, with a great thing...knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred's soon hit : This high man, aiming at a million, Misses a unit. That has the world here —... | |
| Robert Browning - 1856 - 386 ˹éÒ
...not ? " he answered " Yes. " Hence with life's pale lure ! " That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it : This high man, with a great...knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred's soon hit : This high man, aiming at a million, Misses an unit. That, has the world here —... | |
| 1856 - 542 ˹éÒ
..." Yes. " Hence with life's pale lure ! " That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and docs it : This high man, with a great thing to pursue,...knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred's soon hit : This high man, aiming at a million, Misses an unit. That, has the world here —... | |
| 1856 - 1492 ˹éÒ
...next, Let the world mind him ! This, throws himself on God, and unperplext Seeking shall find Him. This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies...knows It. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred's soon hit : This high man, aiming at a million, In these passages Browning evidences his capacity... | |
| John Nichol - 1860 - 256 ˹éÒ
...grades and times, failing only because it aimed too high? " That low man seeks a little thing to do— r Sees it, and does it. This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it." Neither can we, till after a long cycle of events, make success a test of national virtue. Power may... | |
| Museum and English journal of education - 1863 - 576 ˹éÒ
...that he has written the close of the Grammarian's funeral : " That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it, and does it ; This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it. " That has the world here, should he need the next Let the world mind him ; This throws himself on God, and... | |
| Robert Browning - 1866 - 120 ˹éÒ
...man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it : This high man, with a great thing to puisne, Dies ere he knows it. That low man goes on adding...This high man, aiming at a million, Misses an unit. That, has the world here, — should he need the nest, Let the world mind him ! This, throws himself... | |
| 1877 - 706 ˹éÒ
...blocks with which we build." As Robert Browning writes, " That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it, and does it : This high man with a great...knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundreds soon hit : This high man aiming at a million, Misses an unit." FRANCES ANNE BUDGE. * " The... | |
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