"Upmost" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... his mother:— "Plagueful to me is the sight, and already it passes endurance! Sure it is folly that thus ye should strive and contend about mortals Till there is tumult in heaven, nor the least satisfaction awaits us, Banqueting wholly forgot, and the pestilent rivalry upmost! This my advice to my mother, and wise though she be, let her hear it. Kindly approaching his throne, let her promise our Father obedience, Never to vex him again, and disturb the enjoyment of meal-time. If the Olympian Lord ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 • Various
... young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. Julius Caesar, Act ...
— The World's Best Poetry — Volume 10 • Various |
