The Spectator, Volume 5Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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... desire of fame in the actor . Nor is this common judgment and opinion of mankind ill - founded for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind , to be worked up to any noble action by so selfish a motive , and to do that out of a desire ...
... desire of fame in the actor . Nor is this common judgment and opinion of mankind ill - founded for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind , to be worked up to any noble action by so selfish a motive , and to do that out of a desire ...
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... desire of it lays us open to many accidental trou- bles which those are free from , who have no such a tender regard for it . How often is the ambi- tious man cast down and disappointed , if he re- ceives no praise where he expected it ...
... desire of it lays us open to many accidental trou- bles which those are free from , who have no such a tender regard for it . How often is the ambi- tious man cast down and disappointed , if he re- ceives no praise where he expected it ...
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... desire . At least to me , who have taken pains to look at beauty ab- stracted from the consideration of its being the object of desire ; at power , only as it sits upon another , without any hopes of partaking any share of it ; at ...
... desire . At least to me , who have taken pains to look at beauty ab- stracted from the consideration of its being the object of desire ; at power , only as it sits upon another , without any hopes of partaking any share of it ; at ...
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VOL V | 25 |
LETTER from a Coquette to a new mar | 254 |
Letters from an old Bachelorfrom Lovers | 260 |
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