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The Spectator Novel Chapters
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
- 301 C.[Footnote 1: Translation of the fragment on Hope.][Footnote 2: Psal. xvi. 8--ii.]No. 472. Monday, September 1, 1712. Steele.'--Voluptas Solamenque mali--' Virg.I received some time ago a Proposal, which had a Preface to it, wherein the Author discours
- 302 No. 473. Tuesday, September 2, 1712. Steele.'Quid? si quis vultu torvo ferus et pede nudo Exiguaeque togae simulet textore Catonem; Virtutemne repraesentet moresque Catonis?'Hor.To the SPECTATOR._SIR_, I am now in the Country, and employ most of my Tim
- 303 Being of the Number of those that have lately retired from the Center of Business and Pleasure, my Uneasiness in the Country where I am, arises rather from the Society than the Solitude of it. To be obliged to receive and return Visits from and to a Circl
- 304 No. 476. Friday, September 5, 1712. Addison.'--lucidus Ordo--'Hor.Among my Daily-Papers which I bestow on the Publick, there are some which are written with Regularity and Method, and others that run out into the Wildness of those Compositions which go
- 305 At last the Subject seem'd so considerable, that it was proposed to have a Repository built for Fas.h.i.+ons, as there are Chambers for Medals and other Rarities. The Building may be shap'd as that which stands among the Pyramids, in the Form of a Woman
- 306 Hor.The other Day looking over those old Ma.n.u.scripts, of which I have formerly given some Account, and which relate to the Character of the mighty _Pharamond_ of _France_, and the close Friends.h.i.+p between him and his Friend _Eucrate;_ [1] I found,
- 307 Then they must further a.s.sent to a prescribed form of disavowal, and deprive Rechteren of his place as a deputy. This was the high policy of the affair of the lackeys, which, as Addison says, held all the affairs of Europe in suspense, a policy avowed w
- 308 No. 484. Monday, September 15, 1712. Steele.'Neque cuiquam tam statim clarum ingenium est, ut possit emergere; nisi illi materia, occasio, fautor etiam, commendatorque contingat.'Plin. Epist._Mr._ SPECTATOR, Of all the young Fellows who are in their Pro
- 309 Your most humble Servant_, C.N. B. _He who writ this, is a black Man two Pair of Stairs; the Gentleman of whom he writes, is fair, and one Pair of Stairs_._Mr_. SPECTATOR, 'I only say, that it is impossible for me to say how much I am _Yours_, Robin Sho
- 310 'We are somewhat more than our selves in our Sleeps, and the Slumber of the Body seems to be but the Waking of the Soul. It is the Litigation of Sense, but the Liberty of Reason; and our waking Conceptions do not match the Fancies of our Sleeps. At my Na
- 311 No. 489. Sat.u.r.day, September 20, 1712. Addison.[Greek: Bathyrrheitao mega sthenos 'okeaneio]--Hom.SIR, Upon reading your _Essay_ concerning the Pleasures of the Imagination, I find, among the three Sources of those Pleasures which you have discovered,
- 312 This Pa.s.sion towards each other, when once well fixed, enters into the very Const.i.tution, and the Kindness flows as easily and silently as the Blood in the Veins. When this Affection is enjoy'd in the most sublime Degree, unskilful Eyes see nothing o
- 313 'I am a young Woman of Eighteen Years of Age, and, I do a.s.sure you, a Maid of unspotted Reputation, founded upon a very careful Carriage in all my Looks, Words and Actions. At the same time I must own to you, that it is with much constraint to Flesh an
- 314 An eminent Pagan Writer [3] has made a Discourse, to shew that the Atheist, who denies a G.o.d, does him less Dishonour than the Man who owns his Being, but at the same time believes him to be cruel, hard to please, and terrible to Human Nature. For my ow
- 315 Rachel Shoestring._Tunbridge, Sept._ 26, 1712._Mr._ SPECTATOR, 'We have just now read your Paper, containing Mrs. _Mohair's_ Letter.It is an Invention of her own from one end to the other; and I desire you would print the enclosed Letter by it self, and
- 316 _Dear Dumb_, 'In short, to use no further Preface, if I should tell you that I have seen a Hackney-Coachman, when he has come to set down his Fare, which has consisted of two or three very fine Ladies, hand them out, and salute every one of them with an
- 317 'Philogamus.'O.[Footnote 1: [my own]]No. 501. Sat.u.r.day, October 4, 1712. Parnell.'Durum: sed levius sit patientia Quicquid corrigere est nefas.' Hor.As some of the finest Compositions among the Ancients are in Allegory, I have endeavoured, in sever
- 318 [Footnote 3: Dogget had been acting a few nights before in _the Country Wake_. The part of Hob was his own in every sense, he being the author of the farce, which afterwards was made into a very popular ballad opera called _Flora_, or _Hob in the Well_.]N
- 319 Those who have maintain'd that Men would be more miserable than Beasts, were their Hopes confin'd to this Life only; among other Considerations take notice that the latter are only afflicted with the Anguish of the present Evil, whereas the former are v
- 320 No. 507. Sat.u.r.day, October 11, 1712. Addison.'Defendit numerus, junctaeque umbone Phalanges.'Juv.There is something very Sublime, tho' very fanciful, in _Plato's_ Description of the Supreme Being, That _Truth is his Body, and Light his Shadow_. Acc
- 321 The useful Knowledge in the following Letter shall have a Place in my Paper, tho' there is nothing in it which immediately regards the Polite or the Learned World; I say immediately, for upon Reflection every Man will find there is a remote Influence upo
- 322 To this the Author adds, that every poor Man was forced to live kindly with his Wife, or in case he repented of his Bargain, to return her Portion with her to the next publick Sale.What I would recommend to thee on this Occasion is, to establish such an i
- 323 III. When thou, O Lord, shalt stand disclos'd In Majesty severe, And sit in Judgment on my Soul, O how shall I appear!IV. But thou hast told the troubled Mind, Who does her Sins lament, The timely Tribute of her Tears Shall endless Woe prevent.V. Then se
- 324 _Mr._ SPECTATOR, 'I am obliged to you for printing the Account I lately sent you of a Coquet who disturbed a sober Congregation in the City of _London_.That Intelligence ended at her taking Coach, and bidding the Driver go where he knew. I could not leav
- 325 '... the Entertainment of it, and making their great Monarch the Fountain of all that's delicate and refined, and his Court the Model for Opinions in Pleasure, as well as the Pattern in Dress; which might prevail so far upon an undiscerning world as (to
- 326 'Here lies the Body of Daniel Saul, Spittle-fields Weaver, and that's all.''I will not dismiss you, whilst I am upon this Subject, without sending a short Epitaph which I once met with, though I cannot possibly recollect the Place. The Thought of it i
- 327 No. 520. Monday, October 27, 1712. Francham. [1]'Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus Tant chari capitis!'Hor._Mr_. SPECTATOR, 'The just Value you have expressed for the Matrimonial State, is the Reason that I now venture to write to you, without Fear of
- 328 Postscript _to the_ Spectator, _Number 502_.N. B. _There are in the Play of the_ Self-Tormentor _of_ Terence's, _which is allowed a most excellent Comedy, several Incidents which would draw Tears from any Man of Sense, and not one which would move his La
- 329 No Thought is beautiful which is not just, and no Thought can be just which is not founded in Truth, or at least in that which pa.s.ses for such.In Mock-Heroick Poems, the Use of the Heathen Mythology is not only excusable but graceful, because it is the
- 330 I have often thought, if the Letters written by Men of Goodnature to their Wives, were to be compared with those written by Men of Gallantry to their Mistresses, the former, notwithstanding any Inequality of Style, would appear to have the Advantage. Frie
- 331 _Mr_. SPECTATOR, 'You will oblige a languis.h.i.+ng Lover, if you will please to print the enclosed Verses in your next Paper. If you remember the _Metamorphosis_, you know _Procris_, the fond Wife of _Cephalus_, is said to have made her Husband, who del
- 332 O.No. 530. Friday, November 7, 1712. Addison.'Sic visum Veneri; cui placet impares Formas atque animos sub juga ahenea Saevo mittere c.u.m joco.'Hor.It is very usual for those who have been severe upon Marriage, in some part or other of their Lives to e
- 333 [Footnote 1: This story is taken from Book I. of Cicero 'De Natura Deorum'.][Footnote 2: 'Human Understanding', Book II. ch. xxiii. -- 33.][Footnote 3: [conceiving him.]][Footnote 4: Ecclus. xliii. 26-32.][Footnote 5: Bishop Burnet's sermon at the fu
- 334 T.[Footnote 1: Addison.][Footnote 2: The Temple of Fame.][Footnote 3: Pope republished this in his 'Letters' in 1735, adding a metrical translation of Adrian's lines: Ah, fleeting spirit! wandering fire, That long hast warm'd my tender breast, Must th
- 335 But, Sir, I am told you are a famous Mechanick as well as a Looker-on, and therefore humbly propose you would invent some Padlock, with full Power under your Hand and Seal, for all modest Persons, either Men or Women, to clap upon the Mouths of all such i
- 336 No. 535. Thursday, November 13, 1712. Addison.'Spem longam reseces--'Hor.My Four Hundred and Seventy First Speculation turned upon the Subject of Hope in general. I design this Paper as a Speculation upon that vain and foolish Hope, which is misemployed
- 337 No. 537. Sat.u.r.day, November 15, 1712. J. Hughes.[Greek: Tou men gar genos esmen--]_To the_ SPECTATOR._SIR,_ 'It has been usual to remind Persons of Rank, on great Occasions in Life, of their Race and Quality, and to what Expectations they were born; t
- 338 _Mr._ SPECTATOR, 'The other Day, walking in _Pancras_ Churchyard, I thought of your Paper wherein you mention Epitaphs, and am of opinion this has a Thought in it worth being communicated to your Readers.'Here Innocence and Beauty lies, whose Br
- 339 'To do honour to his Country, Prince _Arthur_ is an Universal Hero; in Holiness, Temperance, Chast.i.ty, and Justice super-excellent. For the same Reason, and to compliment Queen _Elizabeth_, _Gloriana_, Queen of Fairies, whose Court was the Asylum o
- 340 'Tis for his sake that I have suffer'd Life, Groan'd in Captivity, and out-liv'd Hector.Yes, my_ Astyanax, _we'll go together!Together to the Realms of Night we'll go; } There to thy ravish'd Eyes thy Sire I'll show
- 341 No. 543. Sat.u.r.day, November 22, 1712. Addison.'--Facies non omnibus una Nec diversa tamen--'Ov.Those who were skillful in Anatomy among the Ancients, concluded from the outward and inward Make of an Human Body, that it was the Work of a Being
- 342 Copia di Littera del Re della China al Papa, interpretata dal Padre Segretario dell' India della Compagna di Giesu. [1]_A Voi Benedetto sopra i benedetti PP, ed interpretatore grande de Pontifici e Pastore Xmo dispensatore dell' oglio de i Re d&
- 343 [Footnote 1: _Ximena_, or the _Heroic Daughter_, a Tragedy taken from the _Cid_ of Corneille, by Colley Gibber. The play was not published until after Steele's pamphlet, 'The Crisis,' had exposed him to political and (as it necessarily foll
- 344 No. 548. Friday, November 28, 1712. [1]'--Vitiis nemo sine nascitur, optimus illo Qui minimis urgetur--'Hor._Nov._ 27, 1712._Mr._ SPECTATOR, 'I have read this Day's Paper with a great deal of Pleasure, and could send you an Account of
- 345 [Footnote 1: Age.]No. 550. Monday, December 1, 1712. Addison.'Quid dignum tanto feret hic promissor HIATU?'Hor.Since the late Dissolution of the Club whereof I have often declared my self a Member, there are very many Persons who by Letters, Pet
- 346 On _Menander_, the Author unnamed.'The very Bees, O sweet_ Menander, _hung To taste the_ Muses _Spring upon thy Tongue; The very_ Graces _made the Scenes you writ Their happy Point of fine Expression hit.Thus still you live, you make your_ Athens _s.
- 347 T.[Footnote 1: See note on p. 288, 289, vol. ii. [Footnote 1 of No. 288.][Footnote 2: [or]]No. 553. Thursday, December 4, 1712. Addison.'Nec lusisse pudet, sed non incidere ludum.' Hor.The Project which I published on _Monday_ last has brought m
- 348 [Footnote 2: Epist. ad Diversos, v. 12.][Footnote 3: [Glory]][Footnote 4: Lib. v. ep. 8, to t.i.tinius Capito. In which, also, Pliny quotes the bit of Virgil taken for the motto of this paper.]No. 555. Sat.u.r.day, November 6, 1712. Steele.'--Respue
- 349 WILLIAM HONEYCOMB, ESQ. [1]The Seven former Volumes of the _Spectator_ having been Dedicated to some of the most celebrated Persons of the Age, I take leave to Inscribe this Eighth and Last to You, as to a Gentleman who hath ever been ambitious of appeari
- 350 No. 557. From Friday, June 18 to Monday, June 21, 1714. Addison.'Quippe domum timet ambiguam, Tyriosque bilingues.'Virg._There is nothing, says Plato, so delightful, as the hearing or the speaking of Truth_. For this Reason there is no Conversat
- 351 Hor.In my last Paper, I gave my Reader a Sight of that Mountain of Miseries, which was made up of those several Calamities that afflict the Minds of Men. I saw, with unspeakable Pleasure, the whole Species thus delivered from its Sorrows: though at the sa
- 352 No. 561. Wednesday, June 30, 1714. Addison.'--Paulatim abolere Sichaeum Incipit, et vivo tentat praevertere amore Jampridem resides animos desuetaque corda.'Virg.SIR, 'I am a tall, broad-shoulder'd, impudent, black Fellow, and, as I th
- 353 No. 563. Monday, July 5, 1714.'--Magni nominis Umbra--'Lucan.I shall entertain my Reader with two very curious Letters. The first of them comes from a chimerical Person, who I believe never writ to any Body before.SIR, 'I am descended from
- 354 No. 565. Friday, July 9, 1714. Addison.'--Deum namque ire per omnes Terrasque, tractusque maris, coelumque profundum.'Virg.I was Yesterday about Sun-set walking in the open Fields, 'till the Night insensibly fell upon me. I at first amused
- 355 'I have a.s.sisted in several Sieges in the _Low-Countries_, and being still willing to employ my Talents, as a Soldier and Engineer, lay down this Morning at Seven a Clock before the Door of an obstinate Female, who had for some time refused me Admi
- 356 No Vices are so incurable as those which Men are apt to glory in. One would wonder how Drunkenness should have the good Luck to be of this Number. _Anacharsis_, being invited to a Match of Drinking at _Corinth_, demanded the Prize very humorously, because
- 357 If we would be thus Happy, and thus Sensible of our Maker's Presence, from the secret Effects of his Mercy and Goodness, we must keep such a Watch over all our Thoughts, that, in the Language of the Scripture, his Soul may have Pleasure in us. We mus
- 358 You know, Sir, the Case of Mrs. _Medlar_, I hope you would not have had me cry out my Eyes for such a Husband. I shed Tears enough for my Widowhood a Week after my Marriage, and when he was put in his Grave, reckoning he had been two Years dead, and my se
- 359 There is indeed nothing which betrays a Man into so many Errors and Inconveniences, as the Desire of not appearing singular; for which Reason it is very necessary to form a right Idea of Singularity, that we may know when it is laudable, and when it is vi
- 360 In this new Shape he winged his Way in Safety to the Palace, where perching on a Tree which stood near his Queen's Apartment, he filled the whole Place with so many melodious and Melancholy Notes as drew her to the Window. He had the Mortification to
- 361 [Footnote 1: See Nos. 565, 571, 590, and 628.]No. 581. Monday, August 16, 1714. Addison.'Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura Quae legis.'Mart.I am at present sitting with a Heap of Letters before me, which I have received under th
- 362 _Good Mr._ Pert, 'I will allow you nothing till you resolve me the following Question.Pray what's the Reason that while you only talk now upon _Wednesdays_, _Fridays_, and _Mondays_, you pretend to be a greater Tatler, than when you spoke every
- 363 'Hec gelidi fontes, hic mollia prata, Lycori, Hic Nemus, hic toto tec.u.m consumerer aevo.'Virg.Hilpa was one of the 150 Daughters of _Zilpah_, of the Race of _Cohu_, by whom some of the Learned think is meant _Cain_. She was exceedingly beautif
- 364 _SIR_, 'It was a good Piece of Advice which _Pythagoras_ gave to his Scholars, That every Night before they slept they should examine what they had been a doing that Day, and so discover what Actions were worthy of Pursuit to-morrow, and what little
- 365 Man may be considered in two Views, as a Reasonable, and as a Sociable Being; capable of becoming himself either happy or miserable, and of contributing to the Happiness or Misery of his Fellow Creatures.Suitably to this double Capacity, the Contriver of
- 366 _The following Discourse comes from the same Hand with the Essays upon Infinitude_ [1].We consider infinite s.p.a.ce as an Expansion without a Circ.u.mference: We consider Eternity, or infinite Duration, as a Line that has neither a Beginning nor an End.
- 367 'Love is generally accompanied with Good-will in the Young, Interest in the Middle-aged, and a Pa.s.sion too gross to Name in the Old.'The Endeavours to revive a decaying Pa.s.sion generally extinguish the Remains of it.'A Woman who from be
- 368 It is certain the Imagination may be so differently affected in Sleep, that our Actions of the Day might be either rewarded or punished with a little Age of Happiness or Misery. St. _Austin_ was of Opinion, that if in _Paradise_ there was the same Vicissi
- 369 The Absurdity in this Instance is obvious. And yet every time that clas.h.i.+ng Metaphors are put together, this Fault is committed more or less. It hath already been said, that Metaphors are Images of things which affect the Senses. An Image therefore, t
- 370 People may dream on as long as they please, but I shall take no Notice of any Imaginary Adventures that do not happen while the Sun is on this Side of the Horizon. For which Reason I stifle _Fritilla's_ Dream at Church last _Sunday_, who while the re
- 371 I have always taken a particular Pleasure in examining the Opinions which Men of different Religions, different Ages, and different Countries, have entertained concerning the Immortality of the Soul, and the State of Happiness which they promise themselve
- 372 'In order to execute the Office of Love-Casuist to _Great Britain_, with which I take my self to be invested by your Paper of September 8, [1] I shall make some further Observations upon the two s.e.xes in general, beginning with that which always ou
- 373 To be cur'd, thou must_, Colin, _thy Pa.s.sion remove; But what Swain is so silly to live without Love?No, Deity, bid the dear Nymph to return, For ne'er was poor Shepherd so sadly forlorn.Ah! What shall I do? I shall die with Despair; Take heed
- 374 No. 606. Wednesday, October 13, 1714.'--longum cantu solata laborem Arguto Conjux percurrit pectine Telas.'Virg._Mr._ SPECTATOR, 'I have a couple of Nieces under my Direction, who so often run gadding abroad, that I don't know where to
- 375 Sir _Philip de Somervile_ held the Manors of _Whichenovre, Scirescot, Ridware, Netherton_, and _Cowlee_, all in _Com.Stafford_, of the Earls of _Lancaster_, by this memorable Service.The said Sir _Philip_ shall find, maintain, and sustain, one _Bacon Flit
- 376 _Mr._ SPECTATOR, 'I wish you would write a Philosophical Paper about Natural Antipathies, with a Word or two concerning the Strength of Imagination. I can give you a List upon the first Notice, of a Rational _China_ Cup, of an Egg that walks upon two
- 377 After he had deluded me from my Parents, who were People of very good Fas.h.i.+on, in less than three Months he left me. My Parents would not see, nor hear from me; and had it not been for a Servant, who had lived in our Family, I must certainly have peri
- 378 Will. Hopeless._Middle-Temple, October_ 26, 1714._SIR_, 'Tho' you have formerly made _Eloquence_ the Subject of one or more of your Papers, I do not remember that you ever consider'd it as possessed by a Set of People, who are so far from m
- 379 No. 615. Wednesday, November 3, 1714.'--Qui Deorum Muneribus sapienter uti, Duramque callet pauperiem pati, Pejusque letho flagitium timet: Non ille pro caris amicis Aut patria timidus perire.'Hor.It must be owned that Fear is a very powerful Pa
- 380 Sir _Richard_ to shew his Zeal for the Protestant Religion, is at the Expence of a Tar-Barrel and a Ball. I peeped into the Knight's great Hall, and saw a very pretty Bevy of Spinsters. My dear Relict was amongst them, and ambled in a Country-Dance a
- 381 I might here mention an Epistolary Poem, just published by Mr. _Eusden_ on the King's Accession to the Throne: Wherein, amongst many other n.o.ble and beautiful Strokes of Poetry, his Reader may see this Rule very happily observed.No. 619. Friday, No
- 382 O'er the thin Soil, with silent Joy he spies Transplanted Woods, and borrow'd Verdure rise; Where every Meadow won with Toil and Blood, From haughty Tyrants, and the raging Flood, With Fruits and Flowers the careful Hind supplies, And cloathes t
- 383 '--Fallentis Semita Vitae.'Hor._Mr_. SPECTATOR, 'In a former Speculation you have observed, that true Greatness doth not consist in that Pomp and Noise wherein the Generality of Mankind are apt to place it. You have there taken Notice, that
- 384 'Another, who had been summoned to make her Appearance, was excused by the Steward, as well knowing in his Heart, that the good Squire himself had qualified her for the Ram.'Mrs. _Quick_ having nothing to object against the Indictment, pleaded h
- 385 No.'Whether I am not old enough to chuse for my self?No.'Whether it would not have been rude in me to refuse a Lock of his Hair?No. 'Shou'd not I be a very barbarous Creature, if I did not pity a Man that is always Sighing for my Sake?
- 386 The following Account, which came to my Hands some time ago, may be no disagreeable Entertainment to such of my Readers, as have tender Hearts and nothing to do._Mr._ SPECTATOR, 'A Friend of mine died of a Feaver last Week, which he caught by walking
- 387 Thus am I doubly arm'd: my Death and Life, My Bane and Antidote are both before me.This in a Moment brings me to an End; But This informs me I shall never die.The Soul, secur'd in her Existence, smiles At the drawn Dagger, and defies its Point.T
- 388 _SIR,_ 'If you would be so kind to me, as to suspend that Satisfaction, which the Learned World must receive in reading one of your Speculations, by publis.h.i.+ng this Endeavour, you will very much oblige and improve one, who has the Boldness to hop
- 389 Virg.The Love of Symmetry and Order, which is natural to the Mind of Man, betrays him sometimes into very whimsical Fancies. _This n.o.ble Principle_, says a _French_ Author, _loves to amuse it self on the most trifling Occasions. You may see a profound P
- 390 [Greek: Ho elachiston deomenos eggista theon.]Socrates apud Xen.It was the common Boast of the Heathen Philosophers, that by the Efficacy of their several Doctrines, they made Humane Nature resemble the Divine. How much mistaken soever they might be in th
- 391 TRANSLATIONS OF THE MOTTOS. No. 1. HOR. Ars Poet. ver. 143. One with a flash begins, and ends in smoke; Another out of smoke brings glorious light, And (without raising expectation high) Surprises us with dazzling miracles. (Roscommon). 2. JUV. Sat. vii
- 392 15. OVID, Ars Am. i. 159. Light minds are pleased with trifles. 16. HOR. 1 Ep. i. ii. What right, what true, what fit we justly call, Let this be all my care--for this is all. (Pope). 17. JUV. x. 191. --A visage rough, Deformd, unfeatured. 18. HOR. 2 Ep
- 393 29. HOR. 1 Sat. x. 23. Both tongues united, sweeter sounds produce, Like Chian mixed with Palernian juice. 30. HOR. 1 Ep. vi. 65. If nothing, as Mimnermus strives to prove, Can eer be pleasant without mirth and love, Then live in mirth and love, thy sport
- 394 43. VIRG. aen. vi. 854. Be these thy arts; to bid contention cease, Chain up stern wars, and give the nations peace; Oer subject lands extend thy gentle sway, And teach with iron rod the haughty to obey. 44. HOR. Ars Poet. ver. 123. Now hear what every au
- 395 Poems like pictures are. 59. SENECA. Busy about nothing. 60. PERS. Sat. iii. 85. Is it for this you gain those meagre looks, And sacrifice your dinner to your books? 61. PERS. Sat. v. 19. Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell
- 396 73. VIRG. aen. i. 328. O G.o.ddess! for no less you seem. 74. VIRG. aen. iv. 88. The works unfinishd and neglected lie. 75. HOR. 1 Ep. xvii. 23. All fortune fitted Aristippus well. (Creech). 76. HOR. 1 Ep. viii. 17. As you your fortune bear, we will bea
- 397 (Dryden). 88. VIRG. Ecl. iii. 16. What will not masters do, when servants thus presume? 89. PERS. Sat. v. 64. PERS. From thee both old and young with profit learn The bounds of good and evil to discern. CORN. Unhappy he, who does this work adjourn, And
- 398 Edward and Henry, now the boast of fame, And virtuous Alfred, a more sacred name, After a life of generous toils endured, The Gaul subdued, or property secured, Ambition humbled, mighty cities stormd, Or laws established, and the world reformd: Closed the
- 399 116. VIRG. Georg. iii. 43. The echoing hills and chiding hounds invite. 117. VIRG. Ecl. viii. 108. With voluntary dreams they cheat their minds. 118. VIRG. aen. iv. 73. --The fatal dart Sticks in his side, and rankles in his heart. (Dryden). 119. VIRG.
- 400 A plundering race, still eager to invade, On spoil they live, and make of theft a trade. 131. VIRG. Ecl. x. 63. Once more, ye woods, adieu. 132. TULL. That man may be called impertinent, who considers not the circ.u.mstances of time, or engrosses the conv