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BNL.751.007
11 Apr 1751:11 (2551)
From the Universal Spectator. No. 591. Ambition, or a
desire of excellency and rising above others, is natural to
all who would be esteem'd above others, and therefore in
proportion to that desire is the ambition of him that has
it. . . [5 lines] If it should be the ambition of a young
gentleman or young lady to commence a finish'd Petit Maitre
or modern belle, dress, finery, balls, with a long et
caetcra, are their only studies, while good sense and
understanding are totally neglected and undervalued: Hence
there are scarce a beast but is a blockhead, or a belle who
has common sense. . .
. . . [1 col.]
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