aspirer

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Hant, hanch, and dheir fellows, admit not dhe braudener; hwich iz indispensabel to' wrauth, wauter, and vauz; nor need dhe protracting aspirer, more dhan doo chant and branch.

From A Minniature ov Inglish Orthoggraphy by Elphinston, James

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

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

But the aspiration was above the competency of the aspirer.

From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Botta, Anne C. Lynch