No. 152. Criticism on epistolary writings.
—Tristia maestum Vullum verba decent, iratum plena minarum. HOR. De Ar. Poet. 105. Disastrous words can best disaster shew; In …
Monthly Archives: August 1751
No. 151. The climactericks of the mind.
[Greek:—Amphi d anthro- pon phresin amplakiai Anarithmatoi kremantai Touto d amachanon eurein, O ti nun, kai en teleu- ta, phertaton …
No. 150. Adversity useful to the acquisition of knowledge.
—O munera nondum Intellecta Deum! LUCAN. —Thou chiefest good! Bestow’d by Heav’n, but seldom understood. ROWE. As daily experience makes it …
No. 149. Benefits not always entitled to gratitude.
Quod non sit Pylades hoc tempore, non sit Orestes, Miraris? Pylades, Marce, bibebat idem. Nec melior panis, turdusve dabatur Oresti: …
No. 148. The cruelty of parental tyranny.
Me pater saevis oneret catenis, Quod viro clemens misero peperci: Me vel extremis Numidarum in agros Classe releget. HOR. Lib. iii. …
No. 147. The courtier’s esteem of assurance.
Tu nihil invitâ dices faciesve Minervâ. Hon. Ar. Poet. 385. —You are of too quick a sight, Not to discern …
No. 146. An account of an author travelling in quest of his own character. The uncertainty of fame.
Sunt illic duo, tresve, qui revolvant Nostrarum tineas ineptiarum; Sed cum sponsio, fabultaeque lassae De scarpo fuerint incitato. MART. ‘Tis …
No. 145. Petty writers not to be despised.
Non, si priores Maeonius tenet Sedes Homerus, Pindaricae latent, Ceaeque, et Alcaei minaces, Stesichorique graves Camoenae. HOR. Lib. iv. Od. …
No. 144. The difficulty of raising reputation. The various species of detractors.
—Daphnidis arcum Fregisti et calamos: quae tu, perverse Menalea, Et quum vidisti puero donata, dolebas; Et si non aliqua nocuisses, …