No. 158. Rules of writing drawn from examples. Those examples often mistaken.
Grammatici certunt, et adhuc sub judice lis est. HOR. Ar. Poet. 78. —Criticks yet contend, And of their vain disputings …
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No. 157. The scholar’s complaint of his own bashfulness.
[Greek:—Oi aidos Ginetai ae t’ andras mega sinetai aed’ oninaesi.] HOM. Il. [Greek: O.] 44. Shame greatly hurts or greatly …
No. 156. The laws of writing not always indisputable. Reflections on tragi-comedy.
Nunquam aliud Natura, aliud Sapientia dicit. Juv. Sat. xiv. 321. For Wisdom ever echoes Nature’s voice. Every government, say the …
No. 155. The usefulness of advice.
—Steriles transmisimus annos, Haec aevi mihi prima dies, haec limina vitae. STAT. i. 362. —Our barren years are past; Be …
No. 154. The inefficacy of genius without learning.
—Tibi res antiquae laudis et artis Ingredior, sanctos ausus recludere fontes. VIR. Geo. ii. 174. For thee my tuneful accents …
No. 153. The treatment incurred by loss of fortune.
Turba Remi? Sequitur Fortunam, ut semper, et odit Damnatos. JUV. Sat. x. 73. The fickle crowd with fortune comes and …
No. 152. Criticism on epistolary writings.
—Tristia maestum Vullum verba decent, iratum plena minarum. HOR. De Ar. Poet. 105. Disastrous words can best disaster shew; In …
No. 151. The climactericks of the mind.
[Greek:—Amphi d anthro- pon phresin amplakiai Anarithmatoi kremantai Touto d amachanon eurein, O ti nun, kai en teleu- ta, phertaton …
No. 150. Adversity useful to the acquisition of knowledge.
—O munera nondum Intellecta Deum! LUCAN. —Thou chiefest good! Bestow’d by Heav’n, but seldom understood. ROWE. As daily experience makes it …
No. 149. Benefits not always entitled to gratitude.
Quod non sit Pylades hoc tempore, non sit Orestes, Miraris? Pylades, Marce, bibebat idem. Nec melior panis, turdusve dabatur Oresti: …