...philosopher ! what a 'labor i/ieptiarum ' is yours ! O, most wise Placid! well has it been said, ' Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.' As far as you are concerned, we may say—' Some men are born fools, some achieve folly, and some have...

...Lichfield — Henry Law (cousin), Archdeacon of Wells — RV Law (cousin), Prebendary of Chester. " Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." — The fomily of the Laws, from which the noble person who forms the subject of this portrait is descended,...

...universal Man, shall speak to you ; and here, meditating among the tombs, I was reminded of that saying, " Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." The history of three great men, whose bones lie here, is somewhat illustrative of that same. Magnanimous...

...himself. It does not appear that he had ever indulged the notion of entering into parliament, but " some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them ;" and this last was the case of Mr. Sadler. In the ominous month of February, 1829, the cabinet of...

...the integrity of the Scot, and the mixture of economy and generosity so peculiar to that character. " Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them ;" his lordship was of the latter class. He rose, but neither by sycophancy nor intrigue : he took...

...upon us thick and fast, as if, in justification of the old proverb, that it never rains but it pours. Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. This last is the strange case of our renowned friend the Man from London. We deny not that he was born...

...the "job" was got up, and who were the "jobbers." And now a few words about the successful candidate. "Some men are born great — some achieve greatness— and some have greatness thrust upon them ;" under the latter category we must arrange Dr. W. Charles Hood, who is about to be appointed the...

...the "job" was got up, and who were the "jobbers." And now a few words about the successful candidate. "Some men are born great — some achieve greatness— and some have greatness thrust upon them;" under the latter category we must arrange Dr. W. Charles Hood, who is about to be appointed the Resident...

...Great Britain and India, on an appointment which we be* lieve will give universal satisfaction. SOM* men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them : all this is well established. But there is another mode of attaining greatness, which has been often...

...toast, said, — I think it is tingreat dramatist who makes one of his characters utter the saying that " some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." It seems to me that any chance I may have must come into the same category as that of Malvolio. A fortuitous...