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admiration (n.)

  Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God, and famous to all ages.

John Milton (1608-1674): Tractate of Education.

  That wonderful book, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple to admire it.

Thomas B Macaulay (1800-1859): On Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. 1831.

Beauty stands

In the admiration only of weak minds

Led captive.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Regained. Book ii. Line 220.

Season your admiration for a while.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 2.