The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 23
... 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 thirst after ...
... 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 thirst after ...
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... Fame , I have treated it in a particular Order and Method . I have first of all confidered the Reasons why Providence may have implanted in our Mind fuch a Principle of Action . I have in the next Place fhewn from many Confiderations ...
... Fame , I have treated it in a particular Order and Method . I have first of all confidered the Reasons why Providence may have implanted in our Mind fuch a Principle of Action . I have in the next Place fhewn from many Confiderations ...
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... fame Clafs , employed upon the fame Au- thors , and enjoined the fame Tafks ? Whatever their ⚫ natural Genius may be , they are all to be made Poets , Hiftorians , and Orators alike . They are all obliged to ⚫ have the fame Capacity ...
... fame Clafs , employed upon the fame Au- thors , and enjoined the fame Tafks ? Whatever their ⚫ natural Genius may be , they are all to be made Poets , Hiftorians , and Orators alike . They are all obliged to ⚫ have the fame Capacity ...
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