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List of most recent chapters published for the The Spectator novel. A total of 437 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Spectator.by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.VOL. I.1891 INTRODUCTION
When Richar
The Spectator.by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.VOL. I.1891 INTRODUCTION
When Richard Steele, in number 555 of his 'Spectator', signed its last paper and named those who had most helped him 'to keep up the spirit of so long and approved
- 201 No. 306. Wednesday, February 20, 1712. Steele.Quae forma, ut se tibi semper Imputet?Juv.Mr. SPECTATOR, [1]I write this to communicate to you a Misfortune which frequently happens, and therefore deserves a consolatory Discourse on the Subject. I was within
- 202 If the present Age is more laudable than those which have gone before it in any single Particular, it is in that generous Care which several well-disposed Persons have taken in the Education of poor Children; and as in these Charity-Schools there is no Pl
- 203 Di, quibus imperium est animarum, umbraeque silentes, Et Chaos, et Phlegethon, loca nocte silentia late; Sit mihi fas audita loqui! sit numine vestro Pandere res alta terra et caligine mersas.Virg.I have before observed in general, that the Persons whom M
- 204 Mr. SPECTATOR, I am a certain young Woman that love a certain young Man very heartily; and my Father and Mother were for it a great while, but now they say I can do better, but I think I cannot. They bid me love him, and I cannot unlove him. What must I d
- 205 Mr. SPECTATOR, I am amazed that among all the Variety of Characters, with which you have enriched your Speculations, you have never given us a Picture of those audacious young Fellows among us, who commonly go by the Name of Fortune-Stealers. You must kno
- 206 I shall give the following Letter no other Recommendation, than by telling my Readers that it comes from the same Hand with that of last _Thursday_.Sir, I send you, according to my Promise, some farther Thoughts on the Education of Youth, in which I inten
- 207 Feb. 27, 1711-12.SIR, Pray be so kind as to let me know what you esteem to be the chief Qualification of a good Poet, especially of one who writes Plays; and you will very much oblige, SIR, Your very humble Servant, N. B.To be a very well-bred Man. The SP
- 208 This is brought to pa.s.s in a well-chosen Fable, by the Account of such things as have really happened, or at least of such things as have happened according to the received Opinions of Mankind. Milton's Fable is a Masterpiece of this Nature; as the
- 209 No. 317. Tuesday, March 4, 1712 Addison.--fruges consumere nati.Hor.Augustus, a few Moments before his Death, asked his Friends who stood about him, if they thought he had acted his Part well; and upon receiving such an Answer as was due to his extraordin
- 210 Twelve a-Clock. Went to Bed, dreamt that I drank Small Beer with the Grand Vizier.SAt.u.r.dAY. Waked at Eleven, walked in the Fields. Wind N. E.Twelve. Caught in a Shower.One in the Afternoon. Returned home, and dryed my self.Two. Mr. Nisby dined with me.
- 211 Mr. SPECTATOR, I always make one among a Company of young Females, who peruse your Speculations every Morning. I am at present Commissioned, by our whole a.s.sembly, to let you know, that we fear you are a little enclined to be partial towards your own s.
- 212 Hor.]No. 321.[1] Sat.u.r.day, March 8, 1712. Addison.Nec satis est pulchra esse poemata, dulcia sunto.Hor.Those, who know how many Volumes have been written on the Poems of Homer and Virgil, will easily pardon the Length of my Discourse upon Milton. The P
- 213 Thus at their shady Lodge arriv'd, both stood, Both turn'd, and under open Sky, ador'd The G.o.d that made both [Sky,] Air, Earth and Heaven, Which they beheld, the Moons resplendent Globe, And Starry Pole: Thou also madst the Night, Maker
- 214 The journal with which I presented my Reader on Tuesday last, has brought me in several Letters, with Accounts of many private Lives cast into that Form. I have the Rakes Journal, the Sots Journal, the Wh.o.r.emasters Journal, and among several others a v
- 215 [Footnote 3: The heroine of Aurengzebe.][Footnote 4: Duncan Campbell, said to be deaf and dumb, and to tell fortunes by second sight. In 1732 there appeared Secret Memoirs of the late Mr. D. Campbell.... written by himself... with an Appendix by way of vi
- 216 WILL. fancying that his Story took, immediately fell into a Dissertation on the Usefulness of Looking-Gla.s.ses, and applying himself to me, asked, if there were any Looking Gla.s.ses in the Times of the Greeks and Romans; for that he had often observed i
- 217 O Sole, in whom my Thoughts find all Repose, My Glory, my Perfection! glad I see Thy Face, and Morn return'd---- I cannot but take notice that Milton, in the Conferences between Adam and Eve, had his Eye very frequently upon the Book of Canticles, in
- 218 _To her I very much respect, Mrs. Margaret Clark._ Lovely, and oh that I could write loving Mrs. Margaret Clark, I pray you let Affection excuse Presumption. Having been so happy as to enjoy the Sight of your sweet Countenance and comely Body, sometimes w
- 219 My friend Sir ROGER DE COVERLEY told me tother Night, that he had been reading my Paper upon Westminster Abby, in which, says he, there are a great many ingenious Fancies. He told me at the same time, that he observed I had promised another Paper upon the
- 220 [Footnote 2: loving]No. 331. Thursday, March 20, 1712. Budgell.Stolidam praebet tibi vellere barbam.Pers.When I was last with my Friend Sir ROGER in Westminster-Abby, I observed that he stood longer than ordinary before the Bust of a venerable old Man. I
- 221 [Footnote 1: To this number there is added after a repeated advertis.e.m.e.nt of the Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff in 4 vols. 8vo, a repet.i.tion in Italic type of the advertis.e.m.e.nt of the Boarding School on Mile-end Green (ending at the words ren
- 222 [Footnote 2: [an]][Footnote 3: had he not given][Footnote 4: his]No. 334. Monday, March 24, 1712. Steele Voluisti in suo Genere, unumquemque nostrum quasi quendam esse Roscium, dixistique non tam ea quae recta essent probari, quam quae prava sunt fastidii
- 223 No. 336. Wednesday, March 26, 1712. Steele.--Clament periisse pudorem Cuncti pene patres, ea c.u.m reprehendere coner, Quae gravis aesopus, quae doctus Roscius egit: Vel quia nil r.e.c.t.u.m, nisi quod placuit sibi, duc.u.n.t; Vel quia turpe putant parere
- 224 As the Subject of this Essay is of the highest Importance, and what I do not remember to have yet seen treated by any Author, I have sent you what occurr'd to me on it from my own Observation or Reading, and which you may either suppress or publish a
- 225 I have before taken notice of these Chariots of G.o.d, and of these Gates of Heaven; and shall here only add, that Homer gives us the same Idea of the latter, as opening of themselves; tho he afterwards takes off from it, by telling us, that the Hours fir
- 226 Virg.I take it to be the highest Instance of a n.o.ble Mind, to bear great Qualities without discovering in a Man's Behaviour any Consciousness that he is superior to the rest of the World. Or, to say it otherwise, it is the Duty of a great Person so
- 227 No. 342. Wednesday, April 2, 1712. Steele.Just.i.tiae partes sunt non violare homines: Verecundiae non offendere.Tull.As Regard to Decency is a great Rule of Life in general, but more especially to be consulted by the Female World, I cannot overlook the f
- 228 No. 344. Friday, April 4, 1712. Steele.In solo vivendi causa palato est.Juv.Mr. SPECTATOR, I think it has not yet fallen into your Way to discourse on little Ambition, or the many whimsical Ways Men fall into, to distinguish themselves among their Acquain
- 229 Thus I presumptuous; and the Vision bright, As with a Smile more bright-tied, thus reply'd, &c.--I, with leave of Speech implor'd And humble Deprecation, thus reply d: Let not my Words offend thee, Heavnly Power, My Maker, be propitious while I
- 230 "That the Sweat be never given but between the Hours of One and Two; always provided, that our Hunters may begin to Hunt a little after the Close of the Evening, any thing to the contrary herein notwithstanding. Provided also, that if ever they are r
- 231 Continuing to write history, in 1701 he was made a member, and in 1705 a paid member, of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres.]No. 350. Friday, April 11, 1712. Steele.Ea animi elatio quae cernitur in periculis, si Just.i.tia vacat pugnatque pro
- 232 Milton, in the same poetical Spirit, has described all Nature as disturbed upon Eves eating the forbidden Fruit.So saying, her rash Hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluckt, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her Seat Sighing,
- 233 Virg.The Gentleman who obliges the World in general, and me in particular, with his Thoughts upon Education, has just sent me the following Letter.SIR, I take the Liberty to send you a fourth Letter upon the Education of Youth: In my last I gave you my Th
- 234 T.[Footnote 1: The Polity of Lacedaemon and the Polity of Athens were two of Xenophons short treatises. In the Polity of Lacedaemon the Spartan code of law and social discipline is, as Mr. Mure says in his Critical History of the Language and Literature o
- 235 No. 356. Friday, [1] April 18, 1712. Steele.Aptissima quaeque dabunt Dii, Charior est illis h.o.m.o quam sibi.Juv.It is owing to Pride, and a secret Affectation of a certain Self-Existence, that the n.o.blest Motive for Action that ever was proposed to Ma
- 236 I shall therefore consider this Book under four Heads, in relation to the Celestial, the Infernal, the Human, and the Imaginary Persons, who have their respective Parts allotted in it.To begin with the Celestial Persons: The Guardian Angels of Paradise ar
- 237 No. 358. Monday, April 21, 1702. Steele.Desipere in loco.Hor.Charles Lillie attended me the other day, and made me a Present of a large Sheet of Paper, on which is delineated a Pavement of Mosaick Work, lately discovered at Stunsfield near Woodstock. [1]
- 238 --De paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent.Hor.I have nothing to do with the Business of this Day, any further than affixing the piece of Latin on the Head of my Paper; which I think a Motto not unsuitable, since if Silence of our Poverty is a Recommen
- 239 [Footnote 4: [Not being yet determined with whose Name to fill up the Gap in this Dissertation which is marked with----, I shall defer it till this Paper appears with others in a Volume. L.]]No. 362. Friday, April 25, 1712. Steele.Laudibus arguitur Vini v
- 240 The Conference of Adam and Eve is full of moving Sentiments. Upon their going abroad after the melancholy Night which they had pa.s.sed together, they discover the Lion and the Eagle pursuing each of them their Prey towards the Eastern Gates of Paradise.
- 241 Hor.Mr. SPECTATOR, [2]A Lady of my Acquaintance, for whom I have too much Respect to be easy while she is doing an indiscreet Action, has given occasion to this Trouble: She is a Widow, to whom the Indulgence of a tender Husband has entrusted the Manageme
- 242 Having thus fairly admonished the female s.e.x, and laid before them the Dangers they are exposed to in this critical Month, I shall in the next place lay down some Rules and Directions for their better avoiding those Calentures which are so very frequent
- 243 [Footnote 1: John Scheffer, born in 1621, at Strasburg, was at the age of 27 so well-known for his learning, that he was invited to Sweden, where he received a liberal pension from Queen Christina as her librarian, and was also a Professor of Law and Rhet
- 244 No. 369. Sat.u.r.day, May 3, 1712. Addison.'Segnius irritant animos demissa per aures Quam quae sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus--'Hor.Milton, after having represented in Vision the History of Mankind to the first great Period of Nature, dispatches the re
- 245 No. 370. Monday, May 5, 1712. Steele.'Totus Mundus agit Histrionem.'Many of my fair Readers, as well as very gay and well-received Persons of the other s.e.x, are extremely perplexed at the Latin Sentences at the Head of my Speculations; I do not know w
- 246 [Footnote 1: George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, Drydens Zimri, and the author of the Rehearsal.][Footnote 2: [Sparrow-gra.s.s] and in first Reprint.]372. Wednesday, May 7, 1712. Steele.'Pudet haec opprobria n.o.bis [Et dici potuisse et non potuisse ref
- 247 We have frequent Instances of this odd kind of Mixture in People of depraved Minds and mean Education; who tho' they are not able to meet a Man's Eyes, or p.r.o.nounce a Sentence without Confusion, can Voluntarily commit the greatest Villanies, or most
- 248 MADAM, I am full of Shame, and will never forgive my self, if I have not your Pardon for what I lately wrote. It was far from my Intention to add Trouble to the Afflicted; nor could any thing, but my being a Stranger to you, have betray'd me into a Fault
- 249 F. R., caught his Death upon the Water, April the 31st.W. W., killed by an unknown Hand, that was playing with the Glove off upon the Side of the Front-Box in Drury-Lane.Sir Christopher Crazy, Bart., hurt by the Brush of a Whalebone Petticoat.Sylvius, sho
- 250 [Cap. 35. See lofty Lebanon his Head advance, v. 2.] See nodding Forests on the Mountains dance, See spicy Clouds from lowly Sharon rise, And Carmels flow'ry Top perfumes the Skies![Cap. 40. Hark! a glad Voice the lonely Desart chears; v. 3, 4.] Prepare
- 251 [Footnote 15: Cap. 51. v. 6. and Cap. 64. v. 10.]No. 379. Thursday, May 15, 1712. Budgell.'Scire tuum nihil est nisi te scire hoc sciat alter.'Pers.I have often wondered at that ill-natur'd Position which has been sometimes maintained in the Schools, a
- 252 Your Observations on Persons that have behaved themselves irreverently at Church, I doubt not have had a good Effect on some that have read them: But there is another Fault which has. .h.i.therto escaped your Notice, I mean of such Persons as are very zea
- 253 'Habes confitentem reum.'Tull.I ought not to have neglected a Request of one of my Correspondents so long as I have; but I dare say I have given him time to add Practice to Profession. He sent me some time ago a Bottle or two of excellent Wine to drink
- 254 T.[Footnote 1: Dr. William Fleetwood, Bishop of St. Asaph, had published Four Sermons.1. On the death of Queen Mary, 1694.2. On the death of the Duke of Gloucester, 1700.3. On the death of King William, 1701. 4. On the Queen's Accession to the Throne, in
- 255 I remember Tully, speaking, I think, of Anthony, says, That in eo facetiae erant, quae nulla arte tradi possunt: He had a witty Mirth, which could be acquired by no Art. This Quality must be of the Kind of which I am now speaking; for all sorts of Behavio
- 256 II. As much as fairest Lillies can surpa.s.s A Thorn in Beauty, or in Height the Gra.s.s; So does my Love among the Virgins s.h.i.+ne, Adorn'd with Graces more than half Divine; Or as a Tree, that, glorious to behold, Is hung with Apples all of ruddy Gol
- 257 There is indeed a great Objection against this Manner of treating them.Zeal for Religion is of so active a Nature, that it seldom knows where to rest; for which reason I am afraid, after having discharged our Atheists, we might possibly think of shooting
- 258 [Footnote 1: Iliad, Bk ix.][Footnote 2: Menippus was a Cynic philosopher of Gadara, who made money in Thebes by usury, lost it, and hanged himself. He wrote satirical pieces, which are lost; some said that they were the joint work of two friends, Dionysiu
- 259 I would have my Readers endeavour to moralize this natural Pleasure of the Soul, and to improve this vernal Delight, as Milton calls it, into a Christian Virtue. When we find our selves inspired with this pleasing Instinct, this secret Satisfaction and Co
- 260 I shall now allow my Fair Readers to return to their Romances and Chocolate, provided they make use of them with Moderation, till about the middle of the Month, when the Sun shall have made some Progress in the Crab. Nothing is more dangerous, than too mu
- 261 Your Grace's Displeasure, and my Imprisonment, are Things so strange unto me, as what to write, or what to excuse, I am altogether ignorant. Whereas you send unto me (willing me to confess a Truth, and so obtain your Favour) by such an one, whom you know
- 262 Exact Sir, that are at Will's Coffee-house six Minutes after Three, June 4; one that has had Thoughts and all my little Imperfections.Sir, come to me immediately, or I shall determine what may perhaps not be very pleasing to you.FLAVIA.Robin gave an Acco
- 263 No. 400. Monday, June 9, 1712. Steele.'--Latet Anguis in Herba.'Virg.It should, methinks, preserve Modesty and its Interests in the World, that the Transgression of it always creates Offence; and the very Purposes of Wantonness are defeated by a Carriag
- 264 SIR, Upon Reflection, I find the Injury I have done both to you and my self to be so great, that though the Part I now act may appear contrary to that Decorum usually observed by our s.e.x, yet I purposely break through all Rules, that my Repentance may i
- 265 For this Reason, when any publick Affair is upon the Anvil, I love to hear the Reflections that arise upon it in the several Districts and Parishes of London and Westminster, and to ramble up and down a whole Day together, in order to make my self acquain
- 266 The greatest Conqueror in this Holy Nation, after the manner of the old Grecian Lyricks, did not only compose the Words of his Divine Odes, but generally set them to Musick himself: After which, his Works, tho' they were consecrated to the Tabernacle, be
- 267 Ovid.Most Foreign Writers who have given any Character of the English Nation, whatever Vices they ascribe to it, allow in general, that the People are naturally Modest. It proceeds perhaps from this our National Virtue, that our Orators are observed to ma
- 268 He should, in the second Place, be very careful to observe, whether he tastes the distinguis.h.i.+ng Perfections, or, if I may be allowed to call them so, the Specifick Qualities of the Author whom he peruses; whether he is particularly pleased with Livy
- 269 Lucr.Our Sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our Senses. It fills the Mind with the largest Variety of Ideas, converses with its Objects at the greatest Distance, and continues the longest in Action without being tired or satiated with it
- 270 Final Causes lye more bare and open to our Observation, as there are often a great Variety that belong to the same Effect; and these, tho'they are not altogether so satisfactory, are generally more useful than the other, as they give us greater Occasion
- 271 Not to mention the Tower of Babel, of which an old Author says, there were the Foundations to be seen in his time, which looked like a s.p.a.cious Mountain; what could be more n.o.ble than the Walls of Babylon, its hanging Gardens, and its Temple to Jupit
- 272 THE SPECTATOR.VOL. III.No. 417. Sat.u.r.day, June 28, 1712. Addison.'Quem tu Melpomene semel Nascentem placido lumine videris, Non illum labor Isthmius Clarabit pugilem, non equus impiger, &c.Sed quae Tibur aquae fertile perfluunt, Et Sp.i.s.sae nemorum
- 273 O.[Footnote 1: [that]][Footnote 2: [that]]No. 421. Thursday, July 3, 1712. Addison.'Ignotis errare locis, ignota videre Flumina gaudebat; studio minuente laborem.' Ovid.The Pleasures of the Imagination are not wholly confined to such particular Authors
- 274 Why Terror and Grief are pleasing to the Mind when excited by Descriptions. A particular Advantage the Writers in Poetry and Fiction have to please the Imagination. What Liberties are allowed them.PAPER IX. [No. 419, Volume 3.]Of that kind of Poetry which
- 275 'All goes well; she is very angry at me, and I dare say hates me in earnest. It is a good time to Visit._Yours_.'The Comparison of _Strephon's_ Gayety to _Damon's_ Languishment, strikes her Imagination with a Prospect of very agreeable Hours with such
- 276 No. 426. Wednesday, July 9, 1712. Steele.'--Quid non mortalia Pectora cogis Auri sacra fames'Virg.A very agreeable Friend of mine, the other Day, carrying me in his Coach into the Country to Dinner, fell into Discourse concerning the Care of Parents due
- 277 [Footnote 2: [horrid]][Footnote 3: [that]]No. 429. Sat.u.r.day, July 12, 1712. Steele.'--Populumque falsis dedocet uti Vocibus--'_Mr_. SPECTATOR, Since I gave an Account of an agreeable Set of Company which were gone down into the Country, I have recei
- 278 That when he has learnt to live without his said Cane, he will wait on the Company, &c._The Memorial_ of John Rhubarb, _Esq_., Sheweth, That your Pet.i.tioner has retired to the Infirmary, but that he is in perfect good Health, except that he has by long
- 279 No. 431. Tuesday, July 15, 1712. Steele.'Quid Dulcius hominum generi a Natura datum est quam sui cuique liberi?'Tull.I have lately been casting in my Thoughts the several Unhappinesses of Life, and comparing the Infelicities of old Age to those of Infan
- 280 Olivio.July 15th, 1712._Dear_ Olivia, It is but this Moment I have had the Happiness of knowing to whom I am obliged for the Present I received the second of _April_. I am heartily sorry it did not come to Hand the Day before; for I can't but think it ve
- 281 'Nec duo sunt at forma duplex, nec faemina dici Nec puer ut possint, neutrumque et utrumque videntur.'Ovid.Most of the Papers I give the Publick are written on Subjects that never vary, but are for ever fixt and immutable. Of this kind are all my more s
- 282 No. 437. Tuesday, July 22, 1712.'Tune impune haec facias? Tune hic homines adolescentulos Imperitos rerum, eductos libere, in fraudem illicis?Sollicitando, et pollicitando eorum animos lactas?Ac meritricios amores nuptiis conglutinas?'Ter. And. The othe
- 283 'Hi narrata ferunt alio: mensuraque ficti Crescit; et auditis aliquid novus adjicit auctor.'Ovid.Ovid describes the Palace of Fame [1] as situated in the very Center of the Universe, and perforated with so many Windows and Avenues as gave her the Sight
- 284 Hor.Man, considered in himself, is a very helpless and a very wretched Being. He is subject every Moment to the greatest Calamities and Misfortunes. He is beset with Dangers on all sides, and may become unhappy by numberless Casualties, which he could not
- 285 Camilla _to the_ SPECTATOR._Venice, July 10_, N. S._Mr_. SPECTATOR, 'I Take it extreamly ill, that you do not reckon conspicuous Persons of your Nation are within your Cognizance, tho' out of the Dominions of Great Britain. I little thought in the green
- 286 [Footnote 3: both]No. 445. Thursday, July 31, 1712. Addison.'Tanti non es ais. Sapis, Luperce.'Mart.This is the Day on which many eminent Authors will probably Publish their Last Words. I am afraid that few of our Weekly Historians, who are Men that abo
- 287 C.No. 447. Sat.u.r.day, August 2, 1712. Addison.[Greek: Phaem polychroniaen meletaen emmenai, phile ka dae Tautaen anthropoisi teleutosan physin einai.]There is not a Common Saying which has a better turn of Sense in it, than what we often hear in the Mou
- 288 What need more be said to convince you of being guilty of the basest Practice imaginable, than that it is such as has made you liable to be treated after this Manner, while you your self cannot in your own Conscience but allow the Justice of the Upbraidin
- 289 No. 451. Thursday, August 7, 1712. Addison.'--Jam saevus apertam In rabiem caepit verti jocus, et per honestas Ire minax impune domos--'There is nothing so scandalous to a Government, and detestable in the Eyes of all good Men, as defamatory Papers and
- 290 [Footnote 2: Pancras.]No. 453. Sat.u.r.day, August 9, 1712. Addison.'Non usitata nec tenui ferar Penna--'Hor.There is not a more pleasing Exercise of the Mind than Grat.i.tude. It is accompanied with such an inward Satisfaction, that the Duty is suffici
- 291 As she was an excellent Coach Woman, many were the Glances at each other which we had for an Hour and an Half in all Parts of the Town by the Skill of our Drivers; till at last my Lady was conveniently lost with Notice from her Coachman to ours to make of
- 292 There was another making villanous Jests At thy Undoing: He had ta'en Possession Of all thy ancient most domestick Ornaments: Rich Hangings intermix'd and wrought with Gold; The very Bed, which on thy Wedding Night Received thee to the Arms of _Belvedir
- 293 I could not Smile at the Account that was Yesterday given me of a modest young Gentleman, who being invited to an Entertainment, though he was not used to drink, had not the Confidence to refuse his Gla.s.s in his Turn, when on a sudden he grew so fl.u.s.
- 294 [Footnote 1: Probably Tillotson. The thought is expanded in part of his sermon on the Example of Jesus in doing good. It appears in another form in his sermon for the 5th of November, 1678, where he applies to our religious hatreds the saying that 'the r
- 295 _Your daily Admirer, and humble Servant_, [1] &c.PSALM CXIV.I. When Israel, freed from Pharaoh's Hand, Left the proud Tyrant and his Land, The Tribes with chearful Homage own Their King, and Judah was his Throne.II. Across the Deep their Journey lay, The
- 296 [Footnote 2: Stocks-market, upon the site of which the Mansion House was built in 1738, received its name from a pair of stocks erected near it as early as the year 1281. Sir Robert Viner here erected, in 1675, his white marble statue of Charles II., that
- 297 [Footnote 2: Proverbs x.x.x. 7-9.][Footnote 3: The Plutus.][Footnote 4: [were]][Footnote 5: [Man]]No. 465. Sat.u.r.day, August 23, 1712. Addison. 'Qua ratione queas traducere leniter aevum: Ne te semper inops agitet vexetque cupido; Ne pavor et rerum med
- 298 PHILIPATER.I have some time ago spoken of a Treatise written by Mr. _Weaver_ on this Subject, which is now, I understand, ready to be published. This Work sets this Matter in a very plain and advantageous Light; and I am convinced from it, that if the Art
- 299 'Erat h.o.m.o ingeniosus, acutus, acer, et qui plurimum et salis haberet et fellis, nec candoris minus.'Plin. Epist.My Paper is in a kind a Letter of News, but it regards rather what pa.s.ses in the World of Conversation than that of Business. I am very
- 300 'Turpe est difficiles babere nugas, Et stultus est labor ineptiarum.'Mart.I have been very often disappointed of late Years, when upon examining the new Edition of a Cla.s.sick Author, I have found above half the Volume taken up with various Readings. W