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Fame cardinal flower traditional symbol of eminence. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 290] traditional symbol of fame. [Plant Symbolism: Jobes, 414] famous for the imprints of movie stars’ footprints in its forecourt. [Am. Cinema: Payton, 284.] national shrines honoring outstanding individuals in a particular field (baseball, football, acting, Great Americans, etc.). [Am. Culture: WB, 9, 22–23] capriciously distributes fame and slander. [Br. Lit.: Chaucer The House of Fame in Benét, 479] representation by a wax figure in this London museum is a sure sign of notoriety. [Pop. Culture: EB (1963) XXII, 634] attribute of fame personified. [Art: Hall, 119] indicates notoriety. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178] biographical dictionary of notable living people. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 922] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Pickwick observed (says the secretary) that fame was dear to the heart of every man.
Affecting private life, or more obscure
In savage wilderness, wherefore deprive
All Earth her wonder at thy acts, thyself
The fame and glory--glory, the reward
That sole excites to high attempts the flame
Of most erected spirits, most tempered pure
AEthereal, who all pleasures else despise,
All treasures and all gain esteem as dross,
And dignities and powers, all but the highest? The talented Vincent Crummles, long favourably known to fame as a country manager and actor of no ordinary pretensions, is about to cross the Atlantic on a histrionic expedition. |
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