The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The SpectatorE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1810 |
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... greatest abilities are most fired with ambition ; and that on the contrary , mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it : whether it be that a man's sense of his own incapacities makes him despair of coming at fame , or that he ...
... greatest abilities are most fired with ambition ; and that on the contrary , mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it : whether it be that a man's sense of his own incapacities makes him despair of coming at fame , or that he ...
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... greatest character . A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down , with a generous neglect , on the censures and applauses of the multitude , and places a man beyond the little noise and strife of tongues . Accordingly we find ...
... greatest character . A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down , with a generous neglect , on the censures and applauses of the multitude , and places a man beyond the little noise and strife of tongues . Accordingly we find ...
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... greatest characters . In the next place , fame is easily lost , and as dif- ficult to be preserved as it was at first to be ac- quired . But this I shall make the subjct of a fol- lowing paper . C. No 256. MONDAY , DECEMBER 24 , 1711 ...
... greatest characters . In the next place , fame is easily lost , and as dif- ficult to be preserved as it was at first to be ac- quired . But this I shall make the subjct of a fol- lowing paper . C. No 256. MONDAY , DECEMBER 24 , 1711 ...
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... greatest ac- tions of a celebrated person labour under this dis- advantage , that , however surprising and extraor- dinary they may be , they are no more than what are expected from him ; but on the contrary , if they fall any thing ...
... greatest ac- tions of a celebrated person labour under this dis- advantage , that , however surprising and extraor- dinary they may be , they are no more than what are expected from him ; but on the contrary , if they fall any thing ...
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... greatest folly to seek the praise or approbation of any being , besides the Supreme , and that for these two reasons ; because no other being can make a right judgment of us , and esteem us ac- cording to our merits ; and because we can ...
... greatest folly to seek the praise or approbation of any being , besides the Supreme , and that for these two reasons ; because no other being can make a right judgment of us , and esteem us ac- cording to our merits ; and because we can ...
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