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... 1639 . YOUNG , Edward , 1684-1765 . Bus . Busiris , King of Egypt . - L of F. Love of Fame.-N. T. Night Thoughts . - Rev . Revenge , a Tragedy . - Bro . The Brothers , a Tragedy . A DICTIONARY OF POETICAL QUOTATIONS . ABDICATION . I give.
... 1639 . YOUNG , Edward , 1684-1765 . Bus . Busiris , King of Egypt . - L of F. Love of Fame.-N. T. Night Thoughts . - Rev . Revenge , a Tragedy . - Bro . The Brothers , a Tragedy . A DICTIONARY OF POETICAL QUOTATIONS . ABDICATION . I give.
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... Fame , Glory , Pride . Raleigh . Fain would I climb , but that I fear to fall . [ 169 . Q. El . If thy mind fail thee , do not climb at all . Scott , Ken.xvII Fling away ambition ; By that sin fell the angels : how can man then , The ...
... Fame , Glory , Pride . Raleigh . Fain would I climb , but that I fear to fall . [ 169 . Q. El . If thy mind fail thee , do not climb at all . Scott , Ken.xvII Fling away ambition ; By that sin fell the angels : how can man then , The ...
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... Fame is the shade of immortality , And in itself a shadow . Soon as caught , [ VII . Contemn'd , it shrinks to nothing in the grasp . Young , N. T. Unnumber'd suppliants crowd preferment's gate , Athirst for wealth , and burning to be ...
... Fame is the shade of immortality , And in itself a shadow . Soon as caught , [ VII . Contemn'd , it shrinks to nothing in the grasp . Young , N. T. Unnumber'd suppliants crowd preferment's gate , Athirst for wealth , and burning to be ...
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... fame , The natural nobility of earth . Thou , O , my country , hast thy foolish ways , Too apt to purr at every stranger's praise , - But if the stranger touch thy modes or laws , Off goes the velvet , and out come the claws ! Moore ...
... fame , The natural nobility of earth . Thou , O , my country , hast thy foolish ways , Too apt to purr at every stranger's praise , - But if the stranger touch thy modes or laws , Off goes the velvet , and out come the claws ! Moore ...
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... fame on his forefather's feet , By heraldry , prov'd valiant or discreet ! Young , L. F. s . 1 . Let high birth triumph ! what can be more great ? Nothing - but merit in a low estate . They that on glorious ancestors enlarge , Produce ...
... fame on his forefather's feet , By heraldry , prov'd valiant or discreet ! Young , L. F. s . 1 . Let high birth triumph ! what can be more great ? Nothing - but merit in a low estate . They that on glorious ancestors enlarge , Produce ...
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