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... fame . In a convenient indifference for a literary reputation , the author hears praise without being elevat- ed , and ribaldry without being depressed . He has frequently seen the first bestowed too precipitately and the latter is so ...
... fame . In a convenient indifference for a literary reputation , the author hears praise without being elevat- ed , and ribaldry without being depressed . He has frequently seen the first bestowed too precipitately and the latter is so ...
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... fame they now enjoy ; while the great actions of other nations are involved in fables , or lost in obscurity . The Celtic na- tions afford a striking instance of this kind . They , though once the masters of Europe from the mouth of the ...
... fame they now enjoy ; while the great actions of other nations are involved in fables , or lost in obscurity . The Celtic na- tions afford a striking instance of this kind . They , though once the masters of Europe from the mouth of the ...
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... fame . They attended him in the camp , and contributed to establish his power by their songs . His great actions were magnified , and the populace , who had no ability to examine into his character narrowly , were dazzled with his fame ...
... fame . They attended him in the camp , and contributed to establish his power by their songs . His great actions were magnified , and the populace , who had no ability to examine into his character narrowly , were dazzled with his fame ...
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... fame worthy of immortality . A generous spirit is warmed with noble actions , and becomes ambitious of per- petuating them . This is the true source of that divine inspiration , to which the poets of all ages pretended . When they found ...
... fame worthy of immortality . A generous spirit is warmed with noble actions , and becomes ambitious of per- petuating them . This is the true source of that divine inspiration , to which the poets of all ages pretended . When they found ...
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... any dignity of cha- racter to any nation destitute of the use of letters . Without derogating from the fame of Greece and Rome , we may consider antiquity beyond the pale A Dissertation concerning the Poems of Ossian.
... any dignity of cha- racter to any nation destitute of the use of letters . Without derogating from the fame of Greece and Rome , we may consider antiquity beyond the pale A Dissertation concerning the Poems of Ossian.
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