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Pagina 13
... himself been the fole wonder of the age . I need not tell my reader , that I here point at the reign of Auguftus , and I believe he will be of my opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace would have gained fo great a reputation in the ...
... himself been the fole wonder of the age . I need not tell my reader , that I here point at the reign of Auguftus , and I believe he will be of my opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace would have gained fo great a reputation in the ...
Pagina 21
... himself . Were not this defire of fame very ftrong , the diffi culty of obtaining it , and the danger of lofing it when obtained , would be fufficient to deter a man from fo vain a purfuit . How few are there who are furnished with ...
... himself . Were not this defire of fame very ftrong , the diffi culty of obtaining it , and the danger of lofing it when obtained , would be fufficient to deter a man from fo vain a purfuit . How few are there who are furnished with ...
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... himself , and betrays him into vain fantastical recitals of his own performances : his difcourfe generally leans one way , and , whatever is the fubject of it , tends obliquely either to the detracting from others , or to the extolling ...
... himself , and betrays him into vain fantastical recitals of his own performances : his difcourfe generally leans one way , and , whatever is the fubject of it , tends obliquely either to the detracting from others , or to the extolling ...
Pagina 25
... himself above us in the reports and opinions of mankind . Thus we fee how many dark and intricate motives there are to detraction and defamation , and how many malicious fpies are fearching into the actions of a great man , who is not ...
... himself above us in the reports and opinions of mankind . Thus we fee how many dark and intricate motives there are to detraction and defamation , and how many malicious fpies are fearching into the actions of a great man , who is not ...
Pagina 26
... himself , yet would he meet with no fmall trouble in keeping up his reputation in all its height and fplendor . There must be always a noble train of actions to pre ferve his fame in life and motion . For when it is once at a stand , it ...
... himself , yet would he meet with no fmall trouble in keeping up his reputation in all its height and fplendor . There must be always a noble train of actions to pre ferve his fame in life and motion . For when it is once at a stand , it ...
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