Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 5S. Walker, 1826 - English letters |
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Ambition and Fame . 109. Avarice . First , then , ambition summon to the bar ; Thus far ambition . What says avarice ? Ambition's shame , extravagance , disgust , This her chief maxim , which has long been And inextinguishable nature ...
Ambition and Fame . 109. Avarice . First , then , ambition summon to the bar ; Thus far ambition . What says avarice ? Ambition's shame , extravagance , disgust , This her chief maxim , which has long been And inextinguishable nature ...
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Here , like some furious prophet , Pindar rode , With eyes on Fame for ever fix'd , they sing : And seemd to labor with th ' inspiring god . For Fame they raise their voice , and tune the Across the harp a careless hand he flings ...
Here , like some furious prophet , Pindar rode , With eyes on Fame for ever fix'd , they sing : And seemd to labor with th ' inspiring god . For Fame they raise their voice , and tune the Across the harp a careless hand he flings ...
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The love of Those governments which curb not evils , fame cause ; Made bold Alphonsus his Creator blame , And a rich knave ' s a libel on our laws . Empedocles hurl'd down the burning steep , Belus with solid glory will be crown'd ...
The love of Those governments which curb not evils , fame cause ; Made bold Alphonsus his Creator blame , And a rich knave ' s a libel on our laws . Empedocles hurl'd down the burning steep , Belus with solid glory will be crown'd ...
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| Title | Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 5 Volume 5 of Elegant Extracts, Or Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations, Vicesimus Knox Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, James Gates Percival |
| Compiled by | Vicesimus Knox |
| Publisher | S. Walker, 1826 |
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