No. 39. The unhappiness of women whether single or married.
Unblest, still doom’d to wed with misery.
Monthly Archives: July 1750
No. 38. The advantages of mediocrity; an eastern fable.
it has been observed that happiness, as well as virtue, consists in mediocrity
No. 37. The true principles of pastoral poetry.
If we search the writings of Virgil for the true definition of a pastoral, it will be found a poem in which any action or passion is represented by its effects upon a country life.
No. 36. The reasons why pastorals delight.
I am afraid it will not be found easy to improve the pastorals of antiquity, by any great additions or diversifications.
No. 35. A marriage of prudence without affection.
Such, Sir, was my situation for seven years, till at last my patience was exhausted.
No. 34. The uneasiness and disgust of female cowardice.
Thus our whole conversation passed in dangers, and cares, and fears, and consolations, and stories of ladies dragged in the mire…
No. 33. An allegorical history of Rest and Labour.
Alternate rest and labour long endure.
No. 32. The vanity of stoicism. The necessity of patience.
In calamities which operate chiefly on our passions, such as diminution of fortune, loss of friends, or declension of character, the chief danger of impatience is upon the first attack.
No. 31. The defence of a known mistake highly culpable.
As all errour is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as he discovers it.