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Monthly Archives: July 1751

No. 143. The criterions of plagiarism.

July 30, 1751

—Moveat cornicula risum Furtivis nudata coloribus.— HOR. Lib. i. Ep. i. 19.   Lest when the birds their various colours claim, Stripp’d …

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No. 142. An account of squire Bluster.

July 27, 1751

  [Greek: Entha d aner eniaue pelorios— —oude, met allous Poleit, all apaneuthen eon athemistia ede. Kai gar Oaum etetukto …

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No. 141. The danger of attempting wit in conversation. The character of Papilius.

July 23, 1751

Hilarisque, tamen cum pondere, virtus. STAT. Greatness with ease, and gay severity. TO THE RAMBLER. SIR, Politicians have long observed, …

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No. 140. The criticism continued.

July 20, 1751

 —Quis tam Lucili fautor inepte est, Ut non hoc fateatur? HOR. Lib. i. Sat. x. 2.   What doating bigot, to his …

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No. 139. A critical examination of Samson Agonistes.

July 16, 1751

—Sit quod vis simplex duntanat et unum. Hor. Art. Poet. 23. Let ev’ry piece be simple and be one. It …

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No. 138. Original characters to be found in the country. The character of Mrs. Busy.

July 13, 1751

O tantum libeat mecum tibi sordida rura, Atque humiles habitare casas, et figere cervos. VIRG. EC. ii 28.   With me …

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No. 137. The necessity of literary courage.

July 9, 1751

  Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt. Hor. Lib. i. Sat. ii. 24.   —Whilst fools one vice condemn, They run …

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No. 136. The meanness and mischief of indiscriminate dedication.

July 6, 1751

  [Greek: Echthrus gar moi keimos, omos aidao pulusin, Os ch eteron men keuthei eni phresin, allo de bazei.] HOMER, …

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No. 135. The folly of annual retreats into the country.

July 2, 1751

    Coelum, non animum, mutant. HOR. Lib. i. Ep. xi. 27.     Place may be chang’d; but who …

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