aspirer

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In reading the life of Chatterton, he had not much noted the scepticism, assumed or real, of the ill-fated aspirer to earthly immortality.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various

Eve the aspirer, give her what she wants, Or wherefore was he born?

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean

The first ascents to sovereignty are hard; But, entered once, there never wants or means, Or ministers, to help the aspirer on.

From Sejanus: His Fall by Jonson, Ben

Well, a new aspirer, I suppose, has succeeded, and he is the bone of contention.

From Jane Talbot by Brown, Charles Brockden

In reading the life of Chatterton, he had not much noted the skepticism, assumed or real of the ill-fated aspirer to earthly immortality.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various