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Title: Of ambition
Author: Greville, Sir Fulke
Attribution: Sir Fulke Greville
Date(s): 1609 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 25
Contents: On suffering being the accompaniment of worldy success achieved by ambition;
from Greville's play "Mustapha", II.1.
Title: The power of ambition
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 170- ?
Manuscript: Lt 52
Contents: Expressing anxiety that his beloved will manifest the common ambition of women to marry noblemen, whatever their personal qualities, and thus abandon him in favour of a lord
Title: A satyr, Ambition. To Memmia
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 67
Contents: In praise of those who eschew ambition in favour of a happy life of quiet virtue, satirising those who strive to win earthly glory. With extensive revisions and deletions.
An ode from the E---- of B---- to Ambition
Hanbury Williams, Sir Charles (1708-1759)
[1742]
Refers to William Pulteney, 1st earl of Bath.
Title: An ode from Ld. Bath to ambition, 1745/6. [Latin epigraph from Horace]
Author: Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury
Attribution: Sir C- H- W-ms (verso of preceding leaf)
Date(s): 1746 (title)
Manuscript: Lt 119
Contents: Written by Sir Charles Hanbury Williams as Lord Bath, talking about ambition, how it had changed him and the sacrifices he had made to obtain power.
Elfrida, ou l'ambition paternelle : traduit de l'anglais, par M. Moreau (v.1)
Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806); Moreau
1792
Volume 2: On page 168 there is a catchword, "-sent" which does not appear on p. 169. At this point (Sign. H1) the type changes and the numbering of signatures is changed from roman to arabic, and ther...
Elfrida, ou l'ambition paternelle : traduit de l'anglais, par M. Moreau (v.2)
Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806); Moreau
1792
Volume 2: On page 168 there is a catchword, "-sent" which does not appear on p. 169. At this point (Sign. H1) the type changes and the numbering of signatures is changed from roman to arabic, and ther...
Elfrida, ou l'ambition paternelle : traduit de l'anglais, par M. Moreau (v.3)
Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806); Moreau
1792
Volume 2: On page 168 there is a catchword, "-sent" which does not appear on p. 169. At this point (Sign. H1) the type changes and the numbering of signatures is changed from roman to arabic, and ther...
Title: On a dwarf courting a bright lady
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 170- ?
Manuscript: Lt 52
Contents: Complaining of a dwarf's unnatural ambition in attempting to gain a lady's love, contrasting it with the ambitions of giants and trees
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip
Date(s): 166- or 167-?
Manuscript: Lt 40
Contents: Epigram or extract advising against ambition
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wodehouse, Sir Philip
Date(s): 166- or 167-?
Manuscript: Lt 40
Contents: On the ambition and tyranny of Caesar; translation of Seneca