No. 172. The effect of sudden riches upon the manners.
Sæpe rogare soles, qualis sim, Prisce, futurus, Si fiam locuples, simque repente potens. Quemquam posse putas mores narrare futuros? Die …
Author Archives: Samuel Johnson
No. 171. Misella’s description of the life of a prostitute.
Tædet coeli convexa tueri. VIRG. Æn. iv. 451. Dark is the sun, and loathsome is the day. TO THE RAMBLER. …
No. 170. The history of Misella debauched by her relation.
Confiteor; si quid prodest delicta fateri. OVID. Am. Lib. i. El. iv. 3. I grant the charge; forgive the fault …
No. 169. Labour necessary to excellence.
Nec pluteum cædit, nec demorsos sapit ungues. PER. Sat. i. 106. No blood from bitten nails those poems drew; But …
No. 168. Poetry debased by mean expressions. An example from Shakespeare.
—Decipit Frons prima multos: rara mens intelligit, Quod interiore condidit cura angulo. PHÆDRUS, Lib. iv. Fab. i. 5. The tinsel …
No. 167. The marriage of Hymenæus and Tranquilla.
Candida perpetuo reside, Concordia, lecto, Tamque pari semper sit Venus æqua jugo. Diligat illa senem quondam: sed et ipsa marito, …
No. 166. Favour not easily gained by the poor.
Semper, eris pauper si pauper es, Aemiliane: Dantur opes nullis nunc nisi divitibus. MART. Lib. v. Ep. xxxi. Once poor, …
No. 165. The impotence of wealth. The visit of Scrotinus to the place of his nativity.
[Greek: Aen neos, alla penaes nun gaeron, plousios eimi O monos ek panton oiktros en amphoterois, Os tote men chraesthai …
No. 164. Praise universally desired. The failings of eminent men often imitated.
Vitium, Gaure, Catonis habes. MART. Lib. ii. Ep. lxxxix. 2. Gaurus pretends to Cato’s fame; And proves—by Cato’s vice, his …
No. 163. The mischiefs of following a patron.
Mitte superba pati fastidia, spemque caducam Despice; vive tibi, nam moriere tibi. SENECA. Bow to no patron’s insolence; rely On …