Ambition, desire of superiority, of honor and power: Lucr. 68. Lucr. 68 Tp. I, 2, 105. II, 1, 242. V, 75. Wiv. III, 3, 47. As I, 1, 149. II, 5, 40. All's I, 1, 101. All's I, 1, 101 R2 V, 5, 18. H6A II, 4, 112. 5, 123. H6B I, 1, 180. II, 1, 32. 2, 71. III, 1, 143. R3 III, 7, 145. Mcb. II, 4, 28. Hml. II, 2, 258 etc. etc. Plural: “--s, covetings,” Cymb. II, 5, 25. H6B IV, 10, 1 (only F1). Followed by the inf.: “I have no a. to see a goodlier man,” Tp. I, 2, 482. Abstr. pro concr.: “I am still possess'd of those effects for which I did the murder, my crown, mine own a. and my queen.” Hml. III, 3, 55; 'desire' for 'what is desired;' 'my ambition' for 'the object of my ambition.'
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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