No. 91. The conduct of Patronage; an allegory.
Dulcis inexpertis cultura potentis amici; Expertus metuit. Hor. Lib. i. Ep. xviii. 86. To court the great ones, and to …
Monthly Archives: January 1751
No. 90. The pauses in English poetry adjusted.
In tenui labor. Virg. Geor. iv. 6. What toil in slender things! It is very difficult to write on the …
No. 89. The luxury of vain imagination.
Dulce est desipere in loco. Hor. Lib. iv. Od. xii. 28. Wisdom at proper times is well forgot. Locke, whom …
No. 88. A criticism on Milton’s versification. Elisions dangerous in English poetry.
Cum tabulis animum censoris sumet honesti: Audebit, quæcunque parum splendoris habebunt, Et sine pondere erunt, et honore indigna ferentur, Verba …
No. 87. The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual.
Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator, Nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit, Si modo culturæ patientem commodet aurem. Hor. …
No. 86. The danger of succeeding a great author: an introduction to a criticism on Milton’s versification.
Legitimumque sonum digitis callemus et aure. Hor. De Ar. Poet. 274. By fingers, or by ear, we numbers scan. Elphinston. …
No. 85. The mischiefs of total idleness.
Otia si tollas, periere Cupidinis arcus, Contemptæque jacent, et sine luce faces. Ovid, Rem. 139. At busy hearts in vain …
No. 84. A young lady’s impatience of controul.
Cunarum fueras motor, Charideme, mearum; Et pueri custos, assiduusque comes. Jam mihi nigrescunt tonsa sudaria barbam,—— Sed tibi non crevi: …
No. 83. The virtuoso’s curiosity justified.
Nisi utile est, quod facimus, stulta est gloria. Phæd. Lib. iii. Fab. xvii. 15. All useless science is an empty …