The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 22
... Defire of Fame naturally betrays the ambitious Man into fuch Indecencies as are a leffen- ing to his Reputation . He is ftill afraid left any of his Actions should be thrown away in private , left his De- ferts fhould be concealed from ...
... Defire of Fame naturally betrays the ambitious Man into fuch Indecencies as are a leffen- ing to his Reputation . He is ftill afraid left any of his Actions should be thrown away in private , left his De- ferts fhould be concealed from ...
Page 23
... Defire of Fame , which we could not be prompted to by a difinterested Love to Mankind , or by a generous Paffion for the Glory of him that made us . THUS is Fame a thing difficult to be obtained by all , but particularly by thofe who ...
... Defire of Fame , which we could not be prompted to by a difinterested Love to Mankind , or by a generous Paffion for the Glory of him that made us . THUS is Fame a thing difficult to be obtained by all , but particularly by thofe who ...
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... Defire placed out of the Poffibility of Fruition . It may indeed fill the Mind for a while with a giddy kind of Pleasure , but it is fuch a Pleasure as makes a Man reftlefs and uneafy under it ; and which does not fo much fatisfy the ...
... Defire placed out of the Poffibility of Fruition . It may indeed fill the Mind for a while with a giddy kind of Pleasure , but it is fuch a Pleasure as makes a Man reftlefs and uneafy under it ; and which does not fo much fatisfy the ...
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