No. 138. Original characters to be found in the country. The character of Mrs. Busy.
O tantum libeat mecum tibi sordida rura, Atque humiles habitare casas, et figere cervos. VIRG. EC. ii 28. With me …
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No. 137. The necessity of literary courage.
Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt. Hor. Lib. i. Sat. ii. 24. —Whilst fools one vice condemn, They run …
No. 136. The meanness and mischief of indiscriminate dedication.
[Greek: Echthrus gar moi keimos, omos aidao pulusin, Os ch eteron men keuthei eni phresin, allo de bazei.] HOMER, …
No. 135. The folly of annual retreats into the country.
Coelum, non animum, mutant. HOR. Lib. i. Ep. xi. 27. Place may be chang’d; but who …
No. 134. Idleness an anxious and miserable state.
Quis scit an adjiciant hodiernae crastina summae Tempora Dii superi? HOR. Lib. iv. Ode vii. 16. Who knows if Heav’n, with …
No. 133. The miseries of a beauty defaced.
Magna quidem, sacris quae dat praecepta libellis Victrix fortune sapientia. Dicimus autem Hos quoque felices, qui ferre incommoda vitae, Nec …
No. 132. The difficulty of educating a young nobleman.
Dociles imitandis Turpibus ac pravis omnes sumus.-JUV. Sat. xiv. 40. The mind of mortals, in perverseness strong, Imbibes with dire …
No. 131. Desire of gain the general passion.
Fatis accede, Deisque, Et cole felices, miseros fuge. sidera terrae Ut distant, ut flamma mari, sic utile recto. LUCAN. Lib. …
No. 130. The history of a beauty.
Non sic prata novo vere decentia Astatis calidtae dispoliat vapor: Saevit solstitio cum medius dies;- Ut fulgor teneris qui radiat …
No. 129. The folly of cowardice and inactivity.
Nunc, O nunc, Daedale, dixit, Materiam, qua sis ingeniosus, habes. Possidet en terras, et possidet aequara, Minos: Nec tellus nostrae, …