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31.
Ambition noble great desire
First Line:
Ambition noble great desire
Last Line:
Stripped of the terrors which he wears
DMI number:
37287
32.
Ambition that near vice
First Line:
Ambition that near vice
Last Line:
And felt her faults before her punishment
Author:
Benjamin Jonson (Absolute)
DMI number:
13450
33.
Ambition the desire of active souls
First Line:
Ambition the desire of active souls
Last Line:
And elevates the hero to the gods
DMI number:
14180
34.
Ambition the disease of virtue bred
First Line:
Ambition the disease of virtue bred
Last Line:
Meets death in that which is the means of life
DMI number:
14190
35.
Ambition this shall tempt to rise
First Line:
Ambition this shall tempt to rise
Last Line:
And grinning infamy
Author:
Thomas Gray (Absolute)
DMI number:
37140
36.
Ambition's like a circle on the water
First Line:
Ambition's like a circle on the water
Last Line:
Till by broad spreading it disperse to nought
DMI number:
14184
37.
Ambition's monstrous stomach does increase
First Line:
Ambition's monstrous stomach does increase
Last Line:
Ambition is not tired with toil nor cloyed with power
Author:
Sir William Davenant (Absolute)
DMI number:
13521
38.
Ambition's never safe till power be past
First Line:
Ambition's never safe till power be past
Last Line:
As men till impotent are seldom chaste
DMI number:
14182
39.
Ambition's never safe till power be past
First Line:
Ambition's never safe till power be past
Last Line:
As men till impotent were seldom chaste
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5528
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Ambition's never safe till power be past
First Line:
Ambition's never safe till power be past
Last Line:
Whose thirst we must not yield to but control
DMI number:
39175
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