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an increase in power or reputation — often undeserved
- Isolation aggrandizes everything.1.5.2 — Vol 1 Bk 5 Chpt 2 — This Will Kill That (66% in)
- That same jealousy which a husband cherisheth for the honor of his wife, the resentment which the son hath for the love of his father, a good vassal should feel for the glory of his king; he should pine away for the zeal of this house, for the aggrandizement of his service.2.10.5 — Vol 2 Bk 10 Chpt 5 — The Retreat in which.... (61% in)
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