 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1894
...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,... | |
 | 1903
...inimitable. "That low man," says Browning, That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it; That high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it. Professor Maitland has lately applied these noble verses with singular felicity to Lord Acton. Clearly... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1896
...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 to pursue, Dies ere he knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred's soon hit : This high man, aiming at a million,... | |
 | 1856
...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 ere he knows It. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred's soon hit : This high man, aiming at a million,... | |
 | Robert Browning - 1856 - 351 páginas
...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 thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred's soon hit : This high man, aiming at a million,... | |
 | John Nichol - 1860 - 244 páginas
...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
...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... | |
 | 1877
...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 thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundreds soon hit : This high man aiming at a million,... | |
 | Brooke Foss Westcott - 1868 - 427 páginas
...heavenly period Perfect the earthen 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... | |
 | Medley, G. F. S. - 1870 - 64 páginas
...and apes ! " Man has for ever." 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 low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred's soon hit ; This high man aiming at a million... | |
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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. 
