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No. 152. Criticism on epistolary writings.

August 31, 1751

 —Tristia maestum Vullum verba decent, iratum plena minarum. HOR. De Ar. Poet. 105.   Disastrous words can best disaster shew; In …

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No. 151. The climactericks of the mind.

August 27, 1751

[Greek:—Amphi d anthro- pon phresin amplakiai Anarithmatoi kremantai Touto d amachanon eurein, O ti nun, kai en teleu- ta, phertaton …

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No. 150. Adversity useful to the acquisition of knowledge.

August 24, 1751

—O munera nondum Intellecta Deum! LUCAN.   —Thou chiefest good! Bestow’d by Heav’n, but seldom understood. ROWE. As daily experience makes it …

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No. 149. Benefits not always entitled to gratitude.

August 20, 1751

Quod non sit Pylades hoc tempore, non sit Orestes, Miraris? Pylades, Marce, bibebat idem. Nec melior panis, turdusve dabatur Oresti: …

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No. 148. The cruelty of parental tyranny.

August 17, 1751

 Me pater saevis oneret catenis, Quod viro clemens misero peperci: Me vel extremis Numidarum in agros Classe releget. HOR. Lib. iii. …

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No. 147. The courtier’s esteem of assurance.

August 13, 1751

Tu nihil invitâ dices faciesve Minervâ. Hon. Ar. Poet. 385.   —You are of too quick a sight, Not to discern …

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No. 146. An account of an author travelling in quest of his own character. The uncertainty of fame.

August 10, 1751

Sunt illic duo, tresve, qui revolvant Nostrarum tineas ineptiarum; Sed cum sponsio, fabultaeque lassae De scarpo fuerint incitato. MART.   ‘Tis …

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No. 145. Petty writers not to be despised.

August 6, 1751

 Non, si priores Maeonius tenet Sedes Homerus, Pindaricae latent, Ceaeque, et Alcaei minaces, Stesichorique graves Camoenae. HOR. Lib. iv. Od. …

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No. 144. The difficulty of raising reputation. The various species of detractors.

August 3, 1751

—Daphnidis arcum Fregisti et calamos: quae tu, perverse Menalea, Et quum vidisti puero donata, dolebas; Et si non aliqua nocuisses, …

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