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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

O, then, Were it not better my disgrace were known, Than such a base aspirer fill the throne?

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

Well, a new aspirer, I suppose, has succeeded, and he is the bone of contention.

From Jane Talbot by Brown, Charles Brockden

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

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