No. 160. Rules for the choice of associates.
—Inter se convenit ursis. JUV. Sat. xv. 164. Beasts of each kind their fellows spare; Bear lives in amity with …
Monthly Archives: September 1751
No. 159. The nature and remedies of bashfulness.
Sunt verba et voces, quibus hunc lenire dolorem Possis, et magnuum morbi deponere partem. HOR. Ep. Lib. i. 34. The …
No. 158. Rules of writing drawn from examples. Those examples often mistaken.
Grammatici certunt, et adhuc sub judice lis est. HOR. Ar. Poet. 78. —Criticks yet contend, And of their vain disputings …
No. 157. The scholar’s complaint of his own bashfulness.
[Greek:—Oi aidos Ginetai ae t’ andras mega sinetai aed’ oninaesi.] HOM. Il. [Greek: O.] 44. Shame greatly hurts or greatly …
No. 156. The laws of writing not always indisputable. Reflections on tragi-comedy.
Nunquam aliud Natura, aliud Sapientia dicit. Juv. Sat. xiv. 321. For Wisdom ever echoes Nature’s voice. Every government, say the …
No. 155. The usefulness of advice.
—Steriles transmisimus annos, Haec aevi mihi prima dies, haec limina vitae. STAT. i. 362. —Our barren years are past; Be …
No. 154. The inefficacy of genius without learning.
—Tibi res antiquae laudis et artis Ingredior, sanctos ausus recludere fontes. VIR. Geo. ii. 174. For thee my tuneful accents …
No. 153. The treatment incurred by loss of fortune.
Turba Remi? Sequitur Fortunam, ut semper, et odit Damnatos. JUV. Sat. x. 73. The fickle crowd with fortune comes and …