No. 122. A criticism on the English historians.
Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine captos Ducit. OVID, Ex Pon. Lib. i. Ep. iii. 35. By secret charms our native …
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No. 121. The dangers of imitation. The impropriety of imitating Spenser.
O imitatores, servum pecus! Hor. Lib. i. Ep. xix. 19. Away, ye imitators, servile herd! ELPHINSTON. I have been informed …
No. 120. The history of Almamoulin the son of Nouradin.
In the reign of Jenghiz Can, conqueror of the east, in the city of Samarcand, lived Nouradin the merchant, renowned throughout all India.
No. 119. Tranquilla’s account of her lovers, opposed to Hymenaeus.
Iliacos intra muros peccatur, et extra. HOR. Lib. i. Ep. ii, 16. Faults lay on either side the Trojan tow’rs. …
No. 118. The narrowness of fame.
Omnes illacrymabiles Urgentur, ignotique longa Nocte. Hon. Lib. iv. Ode ix. 26. In endless night they sleep, unwept, unknown. FRANCIS. …
No. 117. The advantages of living in a garret.
[Greek: Hossan ep Oulumpo memasan Themen autar ep Ossae Paelion einosiphullon, in ouranos ambatos eiae.] HOMER, Od. [Greek: L] 314. …
No. 116. The young trader’s attempt at politeness.
Optat ephippia bos piger: optat arare caballus. HOR. Lib. i. Ep. xiv. 43. Thus the slow ox would gaudy trappings …
No. 115. The sequel of Hymenaeus’s courtship
Quaedam parvu quidem; sed non toleranda maritis. JUV. Sat vi. 184. Some faults, though small, intolerable grow. DRYDEN. TO THE …
No. 114. The necessity of proportioning punishments to crimes.
udi, Nulla umquum de morte hominis cunctatio longa est. JUV. Sat. vi. 220. When man’s life is in debate, The judge …
No. 113. The history of Hymenaeus’s courtship.
Uxorem, Postume, ducis? Die, qua Tisiphone, quibus exagitere colubris? JUV. Sat. vi. 28. A sober man like thee to change …