pre-eminence

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He was a Citizen of Athens, supposd to have many excellent Qualities, but he had an insatiable Lust of Pre-eminence.

From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 4 by Cushing, Harry Alonzo

Pre-eminence is sweet to those who love it, even under mediocre circumstances.

From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George

He who affects the Applauses and Addresses of a Multitude, or assumes to himself a Pre-eminence upon any other Consideration, must soon turn Admiration into Contempt.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

Conversation between those of two Cardinals, about their Pre-eminence, 294.Lalaing,

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Again, if you're desirous of attaining Pre-eminence in places where they play, Don't supply the smallest spoonful of the pleasing or the tuneful Or you'll chuck your very finest chance away.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir