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fore desire of you , is , to prevail with your friend who has promised to diffect a female tongue , that he would at the same time give us the anatomy of a female eye , and explain the springs and suices which feed it with ' such ready ...
fore desire of you , is , to prevail with your friend who has promised to diffect a female tongue , that he would at the same time give us the anatomy of a female eye , and explain the springs and suices which feed it with ' such ready ...
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And fuch a principle is ambition or a desire of fame , by which great endowments are not suffered to lie idle and useless to the public , and many vicious men , over - reached , as it engaged contrary to their natural inclinations in a ...
And fuch a principle is ambition or a desire of fame , by which great endowments are not suffered to lie idle and useless to the public , and many vicious men , over - reached , as it engaged contrary to their natural inclinations in a ...
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Were not this desire of fame very strong , the difficulty of obtaining it , and the danger of losing it when obtained , would be fufficient to deter à man from so vain a pursuit . How few are there who are furnished with abilities ...
Were not this desire of fame very strong , the difficulty of obtaining it , and the danger of losing it when obtained , would be fufficient to deter à man from so vain a pursuit . How few are there who are furnished with abilities ...
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But farther , this desire of fame naturally betrays the ambitious man into such indecencies , as are a lessening to his reputation . He is still afraid left any of his actions should be thrown away in private , left his deserts should ...
But farther , this desire of fame naturally betrays the ambitious man into such indecencies , as are a lessening to his reputation . He is still afraid left any of his actions should be thrown away in private , left his deserts should ...
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vain - glory , and a desire of fame in the actor . Nor is this common judgment and opinion of mankind illfounded : for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind to be worked up to any noble action by fo selfish a motive , and to do ...
vain - glory , and a desire of fame in the actor . Nor is this common judgment and opinion of mankind illfounded : for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind to be worked up to any noble action by fo selfish a motive , and to do ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 4 The Spectator, Sir Richard Steele |
| Contributors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Publisher | J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 4 Sep 2019 |
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