The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.]., Volume 4J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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... Fame , which we could not be prompted to by a disinterested Love to Mankind , or by a generous Passion for the Glory of him that made us . THUS is Fame a thing difficult to be obtained by all , but particularly by those who thirst after ...
... Fame , which we could not be prompted to by a disinterested Love to Mankind , or by a generous Passion for the Glory of him that made us . THUS is Fame a thing difficult to be obtained by all , but particularly by those who thirst after ...
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... Fame , Se fa- tis vel ad Naturam , vel ad Gloriam vixisse . Many indeed have given over their Pursuits after Fame , but that has proceeded either from the Disappointments they have met in it , or from their Experience of the little ...
... Fame , Se fa- tis vel ad Naturam , vel ad Gloriam vixisse . Many indeed have given over their Pursuits after Fame , but that has proceeded either from the Disappointments they have met in it , or from their Experience of the little ...
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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 im- planted in our Mind such a Principle of Action . I have in the next Place shewn 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 im- planted in our Mind such a Principle of Action . I have in the next Place shewn from many Confiderations ...
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