For we may generally obſerve, that our Admiration of a famous Man leſſens upon our nearer Acquaintance with him ;
a.1774, Francis Atterbury, 1774, Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions, 9th edition, Volume 2, page 124,
[…] and contract at laſt ſuch an intimacy and familiarity with them, as makes it difficult and irkſome for us to call off our minds to a better employment, and to think intenſely on any thing beſides them.