No. 208. The Rambler’s reception. His design.
Aerakleitos ego ti me o kato helket amousoi, Ouch hymin eponoun, tois de m’ episgamenoi; Eis emoi anthropos trismurioi; oi …
Category Archives: The Rambler
No. 207. The folly of continuing too long upon the stage
Solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne Peccet ad extremum ridendus.— HOR. Lib. i. Ep. i. 8. The voice of reason cries …
No. 206. The art of living at the cost of others.
Propositi nondum pudet, atque eadem est mens, Ut bona summa putes, alienâ vivere quadrâ. JUV. Sat. v. 1. But harden’d …
No. 205. The history of Seged concluded.
Volat ambiguis Mobilis alis hora, nec ulli Præstat velox Fortuna fidem. SENECA. Hippol. 1141. On fickle wings the minutes haste, …
No. 204. The history of ten days of Seged, emperour of Ethiopia.
Nemo tam divos habuit faventes, Crastinum ut possit sibi polliceit. SENECA. Of heaven’s protection who can be So confident to …
No. 203. The pleasures of life to be sought in prospects of futurity. Future fame uncertain.
Cum volet illa dies, quae nil nisi corporis hujus Jus habet, incerti spatium mihi finiat avi. OVID. Met. xv. 873. …
No. 202. The different acceptations of poverty. Cynicks and Monks not poor.
Pros apanta deilos estin o penaes pragmata, Kai pantas autou kataphronein upolambanei O de metrios pratton periskegesteron Apanta t aniara, …
No. 201. The importance of punctuality.
Sanctus haberi Justitiæque tenat factis dictisque mereris, Adnosco procerem. JUV. Sat. Lib. viii. 24. Convince the world that you’re devout …
No. 200. Asper’s complaint of the insolence of Prospero. Unpoliteness not always the effect of pride.
Nemo petit, modicis quae mittebantur amicis A Seneca, quae Piso bonus, quae Cotta solebut Largiri; namque et titulis, et fascibus …
No. 199. The virtues of Rabbi Abraham’s magnet.
Decolor, obscurus, cilis. Non ille repexam Cæsariem Regum, nec Candida virginis ornat Colla, nec insigni splendet per cingula morsu: Sed …