No. 76. False criticisms on painting.
TO THE IDLER, Sir, I was much pleased with your ridicule of those shallow criticks, whose judgment, though often right …
Monthly Archives: September 1759
No. 75. Gelaleddin of Bassora.
In the time when Bassora was considered as the school of Asia, and flourished by the reputation of its professors …
No. 74. Memory rarely deficient.
In the mythological pedigree of learning, memory is made the mother of the muses, by which the masters of ancient …
No. 73. Tranquil’s use of riches.
That every man would be rich if a wish could obtain riches, is a position which I believe few will …
No. 72. Regulation of memory.
Men complain of nothing more frequently than of deficient memory; and, indeed, every one finds that many of the ideas …