The Spectator, Volume 2George Washington Greene J. B. Lippincott Company, 1880 |
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Pagina 8
... pleasure in crossing our inclinations , and disappointing us in what our hearts are most set upon . When , therefore , they have discovered the passionate desire of fame in the ambitious man , ( as no temper of mind is more apt to shew ...
... pleasure in crossing our inclinations , and disappointing us in what our hearts are most set upon . When , therefore , they have discovered the passionate desire of fame in the ambitious man , ( as no temper of mind is more apt to shew ...
Pagina 10
... most disadvantageous light . There are many who find a pleasure in contradicting the common reports of fame , and in spreading abroad the weaknesser of an exalted character . They publish their ill - 10 [ No. 256 SPECTATOR.
... most disadvantageous light . There are many who find a pleasure in contradicting the common reports of fame , and in spreading abroad the weaknesser of an exalted character . They publish their ill - 10 [ No. 256 SPECTATOR.
Pagina 14
... pleasure , but it is such a pleasure as makes a man restless and un- easy under it ; and which does not so much satisfy the present thirst , as it excites fresh desires , and sets the soul on new enterprises . For how few ambitious men ...
... pleasure , but it is such a pleasure as makes a man restless and un- easy under it ; and which does not so much satisfy the present thirst , as it excites fresh desires , and sets the soul on new enterprises . For how few ambitious men ...
Pagina 15
... pleasure which it is capable of giving us , but in the loss of it we do not proportion our grief to the real value it bears , but to the value our fancies and imaginations set upon it . So inconsiderable is the satisfaction that Fame ...
... pleasure which it is capable of giving us , but in the loss of it we do not proportion our grief to the real value it bears , but to the value our fancies and imaginations set upon it . So inconsiderable is the satisfaction that Fame ...
Pagina 17
... pleasure and complacency , which he feels in doing good ? That delight and satisfaction which he takes in the prosperity and happiness of another ? These and the like virtues are the hidden beauties of a soul , the secret graces which ...
... pleasure and complacency , which he feels in doing good ? That delight and satisfaction which he takes in the prosperity and happiness of another ? These and the like virtues are the hidden beauties of a soul , the secret graces which ...
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