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Herostratic fame
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herostratic fame
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en herostratic fame.
en w:Karl Mantzius Louise von Cossel Return to Paris—Molière acts before Louis XIV.—The first signal success is obtained with Les Précieuses ridicules—Prosperity of the Petit Bourbon Theatre—Additional Members—M. de La Grange, Molière’s right hand. 1 A History of Theatrical Art in Ancient and Modern Timesby Karl Mantzius; Authorised Translation by Louise von Cossel IV (Molière and his Times; The Theatre in France in the 17th Century) London Duckworth & Co.3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 1905 footnote 5 71 https://archive.org/details/historyoftheatri04mantuoft/page/71/mode/1up One of the staff of the Hôtel de Rambouillet, an unimportant author who acquired Herostratic fame by his attacks on Corneille, and by his bad heroic poem, La Pucelle.
en Carl H.D. Henriksen Sr. In the Desert (1990–1994) A Diary of Pain: Journeying Without a Compass Bloomington, Ind. w:AuthorHouse 1 November 1993 3 January 2006 part IV (Returning to Florida (1981–2004)) 462 https://archive.org/details/diaryofpain0000unse/page/462/mode/1up 1-4208-8228-7 The lack of self confidence have made me pursue Herostratic fame; always make myself look good in comparison to others, thus negating the value of others.
en Albert Borowitz The Literature of Herostratos Since the Early Nineteenth Century Terrorism for Self-Glorification: The Herostratos Syndrome Kent, Oh.; London The Kent State University Press 2005 132 https://archive.org/details/terrorismforself0000boro/page/132/mode/1up 0-87338-818-6 Jerzy Limon, novelist and professor of English drama at the University of Gdansk (Danzig), has spun an ironic tale of short-lived Herostratic fame in Poland after World War II.