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. …
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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 …
No. 112. Too much nicety not to be indulged. The character of Eriphile.
In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui pænam fortis in ipse meain. OVID, Am. Lib. i. vii. 25. Of …
No. 111. Youth made unfortunate by its haste and eagerness.
[Greek: phronein gar hoi tacheis, ouk asphaleis.] SOPHOC. Disaster always waits on early wit. It has been observed, by long …
No. 110. Repentance stated and explained. Retirement and abstinence useful to repentance.
At nobis vita, dominum quarentibus unum Lux iter est, et clara dies, et gratia simplex. Spem sequimur, gradimurque fide, fruimurque …
No. 109. The education of a fop.
Gratum est, quod patria; civem populoque dedisti, Si facis, ut patria; sit idoneus, utilis agris, Utilis et bellorum et pacis …