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NYWJ.734.011
15 Apr 1734:21 (24)
Yet Tiberius was fond of fame; he panted after applause; he
would have been favourably remembered by posterity: Ut
quandocunque concessere, cum laude & bonis recordationibus,
famam nominis mei prosequantur. So was Caligula,, so was
Nero, who took vast pains to distinguish themselves, by the
most Princely accomplishments, of driving a chariot, of
dancing, playing upon the harp and other instruments of
musick. Erat illis aeternitatis, perpetuaeque famae cupido,
sed inconsulta. . .
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