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" ... flies, That poison foul of bubbling Pride doth lie So in my swelling breast, that only I Fawn on myself, and others do despise; Yet Pride, I think, doth not my soul possess, Which looks too oft in his unflattering glass; But one worse fault — Ambition... "
The Boston Miscellany of Literature and Fashion - Page 105
1842
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The British Bibliographer, Volume 1

Samuel Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - English literature - 1810 - 648 pages
...soul possess, Which looks too oft in his unflattering glass: But one worse fault, Ambition, 1 confess, That makes me oft my best friends overpass, Unseen,...place Bends all his powers, even unto Stella's grace." " Having this day my horse, my hand, my lance Guided so well ibat 1 obtain'd the prize, Both by the...
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The British Bibliographer, Volume 1

Sir Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - English literature - 1810 - 618 pages
...soul possess, Which looks too oft in his unflattering glass: But one worse fault, Ambition, I confess, That makes me oft my best friends overpass, Unseen,...thought to highest place Bends all his powers, even unlo Stella's grace." " Having this day my horse, my hand, my lance Guided so \vell that 1 oblain'd...
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The London Magazine, Volume 8

1823 - 696 pages
...his unflattering glass : But one worse fault — Ambition — I confess, That makes me oft my bent 23 STELLA'lí grace. v. . , Having this day my horse, my hand, my lance Guided so well, that I obtained...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...soul possess, Which looks too oft in his unflattering glass; But one worse fault Ambition I confess, @ / With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies, How silently, and with how wan a face ! What!...
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The Last Essays of Elia: Being a Sequel to Essays Published Under ..., Part 2

Charles Lamb - Decision making - 1833 - 308 pages
...possess, Which looks too oft in his unflattering glass : But one worse fault — Ambition — I confess, That makes me oft my best friends overpass, Unseen,...place Bends all his powers, even unto STELLA'S grace. * v. » Having this day, my horse, my hand, my lance, Guided so well that I obtained the prize, Both...
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Specimens of English Sonnets

Alexander Dyce - English poetry - 1833 - 240 pages
...possess, Which looks too oft in his unflattering glass : But one worse fault, ambition, I confess, That makes me oft my best friends overpass, Unseen,...unheard, while thought to highest place Bends all his power, even unto Stella's grace. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. WITH how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies...
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Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - Essays - 1835 - 440 pages
...glass : But one worse fault — Ambition — I confess, That makes me oft my best friends overpays, Unseen, unheard — while Thought to highest place Bends all his powers, even unto STELLA'S grace. ' Having this day, my horse, my hand, my lance, 'Guided so well that I obtained the prize, Both by...
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Elia, Volume 1

Charles Lamb - 1836 - 324 pages
...possess, Which looks too oft in his unflattering glass ; But one worse fault — Ambition — I confess, That makes me oft my best friends overpass, Unseen,...place Bends all his powers, even unto STELLA'S grace. T. Having this day, my horse, my hand, my lance, Guided so well that I obtained the prize, , Both by...
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The prose works of Charles Lamb, Volume 3

Charles Lamb - English literature - 1836 - 326 pages
...possess, Which looks too oft in his unflattering glass ; But one worse fault — Ambition — I confess, That makes me oft my best friends overpass, Unseen,...place Bends all his powers, even unto STELLA'S grace. v. Having this day, my horse, my hand, my lance, Guided so well that I obtained the prize, Both by...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: To which are Prefixed, His Letters, and a Sketch ...

Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...possess, Which looks too oft in his unflattering glass : But one worse fault — ambition — 1 confess, That makes me oft my best friends overpass, Unseen, unheard — while thought to highest.place Bends all his Dowers, even unto STELLA'S grace. V. " Having this day my horse, my hand,...
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