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Monthly Archives: February 1752

No. 204. The history of ten days of Seged, emperour of Ethiopia.

February 29, 1752

Seged, lord of Ethiopia, to the inhabitants of the world: To the sons of Presumption, humility and fear; and to the daughters of Sorrow.

No. 203. The pleasures of life to be sought in prospects of futurity. Future fame uncertain.

February 25, 1752

Cum volet illa dies, quae nil nisi corporis hujus Jus habet, incerti spatium mihi finiat avi. OVID. Met. xv. 873. …

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No. 202. The different acceptations of poverty. Cynicks and Monks not poor.

February 22, 1752

Pros apanta deilos estin o penaes pragmata, Kai pantas autou kataphronein upolambanei O de metrios pratton periskegesteron Apanta t aniara, …

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No. 201. The importance of punctuality.

February 18, 1752

The chief praise to which a trader aspires is that of punctuality, or an exact and rigorous observance of commercial engagements.

No. 200. Asper’s complaint of the insolence of Prospero. Unpoliteness not always the effect of pride.

February 15, 1752

Such is the tenderness or infirmity of many minds, when any affliction oppresses them, they have immediate recourse to lamentation and complaint.

No. 199. The virtues of Rabbi Abraham’s magnet.

February 11, 1752

Decolor, obscurus, cilis. Non ille repexam Cæsariem Regum, nec Candida virginis ornat Colla, nec insigni splendet per cingula morsu: Sed …

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No. 198. The legacy-hunter’s history concluded.

February 8, 1752

 Nil mihi das vivus: dicis, post fata daturum. Si non es stultus, scis, Maro, quid cupiam. MART. Lib. xi. 67. …

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No. 197. The history of a legacy-hunter.

February 4, 1752

Cujus vulturis hoc erit cadaver? MART. Lib. vi. Ep. lxii. 4. Say, to what vulture’s share this carcase falls? F. …

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No. 196. Human opinions mutable. The hopes of youth fallacious.

February 1, 1752

Whoever reviews the state of his own mind will have no reason to imagine such changes of sentiment peculiar to any station or character.

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