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Pagina 148
... a great Mind , than the Abhorrence of Envy and Detracti- on . This Paffion reigns more among bad Poets , than among any other Set of Men . As As there are none more ambitious of Fame , than 4 The SPECTATOR . No. 253 .
... a great Mind , than the Abhorrence of Envy and Detracti- on . This Paffion reigns more among bad Poets , than among any other Set of Men . As As there are none more ambitious of Fame , than 4 The SPECTATOR . No. 253 .
Pagina 156
... Paffion in Mankind . Ir was neceffary for the World , that Arts fhould be invented and improved , Books written and transmitted to Pofterity , Nations conquered and civilized : Now fince the proper and genuine Motives to thefe and the ...
... Paffion in Mankind . Ir was neceffary for the World , that Arts fhould be invented and improved , Books written and transmitted to Pofterity , Nations conquered and civilized : Now fince the proper and genuine Motives to thefe and the ...
Pagina 157
... Paffion as would be useless to the World , and a Torment to himself . WERE not this Defire of Fame very strong , the Dif- ficulty of obtaining it , and the Danger of lofing it when obtained , would be fufficient to detera Man from so ...
... Paffion as would be useless to the World , and a Torment to himself . WERE not this Defire of Fame very strong , the Dif- ficulty of obtaining it , and the Danger of lofing it when obtained , would be fufficient to detera Man from so ...
Pagina 158
... 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 THUS is Fame a Thing difficult to be obtained by 14 The SPECTATOR . No. 255 .
... 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 THUS is Fame a Thing difficult to be obtained by 14 The SPECTATOR . No. 255 .
Pagina 162
... Paffion will let her argue calmly , that fhe has feveral Play - Debts on her Hand , which must be difcharged very fudden- ly , and that fhe cannot lofe her Money as becomes a Woman of her Fashion , if the makes me any Abate- . · 6 6 ...
... Paffion will let her argue calmly , that fhe has feveral Play - Debts on her Hand , which must be difcharged very fudden- ly , and that fhe cannot lofe her Money as becomes a Woman of her Fashion , if the makes me any Abate- . · 6 6 ...
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