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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
- 137 [Footnote 1: [having received], and in first reprint.][Footnote 2: Iliad, viii. 548, 9.][Footnote 3: Iliad, v. 127.][Footnote 4: John xi. 49.]No. 208. Monday, October 29, 1711. Steele. --Veniunt spectentur ut ipsae.Ov.[1]I have several Letters of People o
- 136 L.[Footnote 1: Metaphor,][Footnote 2: that][Footnote 3: As the Roderigo whose money Iago used.][Footnote 4: Thomas Sternhold who joined Hopkins, Norton, and others in translation of the Psalms, was groom of the robes to Henry VIII. and Edward VI.] L.No. 2
- 135 The Spectator.by Addison and Steele.VOL. II.No. 203. Tuesday, October 23, 1711. Addison.Phoebe pater, si das hujus mihi nominis usum, Nec falsa Clymene culpam sub imagine celat; Pignora da, Genitor Ov. Met.There is a loose Tribe of Men whom I have not ye
- 134 _Humble Servant_, Thomas Smoaky. _To the_ SPECTATOR, The humble Pet.i.tion of _John Steward_, _Robert Butler_, _Harry Cook_, and _Abigail Chambers_, in Behalf of themselves and their Relations, belonging to and dispersed in the several Services of most of
- 133 No. 201. Sat.u.r.day, October 20, 1711. Addison.'Religentem esse oportet, Religiosum nefas.'Incerti Autoris apud Aul. Gell.It is of the last Importance to season the Pa.s.sions of a Child with Devotion, which seldom dies in a Mind that has recei
- 132 _Mr_. SPECTATOR, 'Tho' you are every where in your Writings a Friend to Women, I do not remember that you have directly considered the mercenary Practice of Men in the Choice of Wives. If you would please to employ your Thoughts upon that Subjec
- 131 The managing an Argument handsomely being so nice a Point, and what I have seen so very few excel in, I shall here set down a few Rules on that Head, which, among other things, I gave in writing to a young Kinsman of mine who had made so great a Proficien
- 130 [Footnote 6: The Sure Way]No. 196. Monday, October 15, 1711. Steele.Est Ulubris, animus si te non deficit oequus.Hor.Mr. SPECTATOR, 'There is a particular Fault which I have observed in most of the Moralists in all Ages, and that is, that they are a
- 129 [Footnote 6: Juvenal, viii, 73.]No. 194. Friday, October 12, 1711. Steele.'... Difficili Bile Tumet Jecur.'Hor.The present Paper shall consist of two Letters, which observe upon Faults that are easily cured both in Love and Friends.h.i.+p. In th
- 128 No. 192. Wednesday, October 10, 1711. Steele.'... Uni ore omnes omnia Bona dicere, et Laudare fortunas meas, Qui Gnatum haberem tali ingenio proeditum.'Tre.I Stood the other Day, and beheld a Father sitting in the Middle of a Room with a large F
- 127 No. 190. Monday, October 8, 1711. Steele.'Servitus crescit nova ...'Hor.Since I made some Reflections upon the general Negligence used in the Case of Regard towards Women, or, in other Words, since I talked of Wenching, I have had Epistles upon
- 126 Madam, "I should be insensible to a Stupidity, if I could forbear making you my Acknowledgments for your late mention of me with so much Applause.It is, I think, your Fate to give me new Sentiments; as you formerly inspired me with the true Sense of
- 125 [Footnote 5: Cyropaedia, Bk. viii.]No. 187. Thursday, October 4, 1711. Steele.'... Miseri quibus Intentata nites ...'Hor.The Intelligence given by this Correspondent is so important and useful, in order to avoid the Persons he speaks of, that I
- 124 Virg.There is nothing in which Men more deceive themselves than in what the World calls Zeal. There are so many Pa.s.sions which hide themselves under it, and so many Mischiefs arising from it, that some have gone so far as to say it would have been for t
- 123 L.[Footnote 1: 'Judges' ix. 8--15.][Footnote 2: '2 Sam.' xii. 1--4.][Footnote 3: 'Livy,' Bk. II. sec. 32.][Footnote 4: Xenophon's 'Memorabilia Socratis, Bk. II.] [Footnote 5: 'Phaedon', -- 10.][Footnote 6:
- 122 [Footnote 3: that][Footnote 4: Marquard Freher, who died at Heidelberg in 1614, aged 49, was Counsellor to the Elector Palatine, and Professor of Jurisprudence at Heidelberg, until employed by the Elector (Frederick IV) as his Minister in Poland, and at o
- 121 'Amidst the Variety of Subjects of which you have treated, I could wish it had fallen in your way to expose the Vanity of Conquests. This Thought would naturally lead one to the _French_ King, who has been generally esteemed the greatest Conqueror of
- 120 Mr. SPECTATOR, I am but too good a Judge of your Paper of the 15th Instant, which is a Master-piece; I mean that of Jealousy: But I think it unworthy of you to speak of that Torture in the Breast of a Man, and not to mention also the Pangs of it in the He
- 119 No. 177. Sat.u.r.day, September 22, 1711. Addison.'... Quis enim bonus, aut face dignus Arcana, qualem Cereris vult esse sacerdos, Ulla aliena sibi credat mala?'Juv.In one of my last Week's Papers I treated of Good-Nature, as it is the Effe
- 118 _Mr_. SPECTATOR, 'I am a young Gentleman of a competent Fortune, and a sufficient Taste of Learning, to spend five or six Hours every Day very agreeably among my Books. That I might have nothing to divert me from my Studies, and to avoid the Noises o
- 117 'Detur tetriori'.Or to accommodate it to the Capacity of the Combatants, _The frightfull'st Grinner Be the Winner_.In the mean while I would advise a _Dutch_ Painter to be present at this great Controversy of Faces, in order to make a Colle
- 116 If both these Methods fail, the best way will be to let him see you are much cast down and afflicted for the ill Opinion he entertains of you, and the Disquietudes he himself suffers for your Sake. There are many who take a kind of barbarous Pleasure in t
- 115 'In amore haec omnia insunt vitia: injuriae, Suspiciones, inimicitiae, induciae, Bellum, pax rursum ...'Ter. Eun.Upon looking over the Letters of my female Correspondents, I find several from Women complaining of jealous Husbands, and at the sam
- 114 No. 169. Thursday, Sept. 13, 1711. Addison '_Sic vita erat: facile omnes perferre ac pati: c.u.m quibus erat cunque una, his sese dedere, Eorum obsequi studiis: advorsus nemini; Nunquam praeponens se aliis: Ita facillime Sine invidia invenias laudem.
- 113 _Mr._ SPECTATOR, 'I am a Fellow of a very odd Frame of Mind, as you will find by the Sequel; and think myself Fool enough to deserve a Place in your Paper.I am unhappily far gone in Building, and am one of that Species of Men who are properly denomin
- 112 I remember in that remarkable Year when our Country was delivered from the greatest Fears and Apprehensions, and raised to the greatest Height of Gladness it had ever felt since it was a Nation, I mean the Year of _Blenheim_, I had the Copy of a Letter se
- 111 No. 164. Friday, September 7, 1711. Addison.'Illa; Quis et me, inquit, miseram, et te perdidit, Orpheu? Jamque vale: feror ingenti circ.u.mdata nocte, Invalidasque tibi tendens, heu! non tua, palmas.'Virg.CONSTANTIA was a Woman of extraordinary
- 110 Our Superiors are guided by Intuition, and our Inferiors by Instinct. In respect of our Wills, we fall into Crimes and recover out of them, are amiable or odious in the Eyes of our great Judge, and pa.s.s our whole Life in offending and asking Pardon. On
- 109 [Footnote 2: The Camisars, or French Prophets, originally from the Cevennes, came into England in 1707. With violent agitations and distortions of body they prophesied and claimed also the power to work miracles; even venturing to prophesy that Dr Ernes,
- 108 No. 159. Sat.u.r.day, September 1, 1711. Addison.... Omnem quae nunc obducta tuenti Mortales hebetat visus tibi, et humida circ.u.m Caligat, nubem eripiam ...Virg.When I was at _Grand Cairo_, I picked up several Oriental Ma.n.u.scripts, which I have still
- 107 No. 157. Thursday, August 30, 1711. Steele.'... Genius natale comes qui temperat astrum Naturae Deus humanae Mortalis in unum Quodque Caput ...'Hor.I am very much at a loss to express by any Word that occurs to me in our Language that which is u
- 106 No. I55. [1] Tuesday, August 28, 1711. Steele.'... Hae nugae seria duc.u.n.t In mala ...'Hor.I have more than once taken Notice of an indecent Licence taken in Discourse, wherein the Conversation on one Part is involuntary, and the Effect of som
- 105 No. 153. Sat.u.r.day, August 25, 1711. Steele.'Habet natura ut aliarum omnium rerum sic vivendi modum; senectus autem peractio aetatis est tanquam Fabulae. Cujus defatigationem fugere debemus, praesertim adjuncta Satietate.'Tull. 'de Senec.
- 104 I happened the other Day to call in at a celebrated Coffee-house near the _Temple_. I had not been there long when there came in an elderly Man very meanly dressed, and sat down by me; he had a thread-bare loose Coat on, which it was plain he wore to keep
- 103 No. 149. Tuesday, August 21, 1711. Steele.'Cui in manu sit quem esse dementem velit, Quem sapere, quem sanari, quem in morb.u.m injici, Quem contra amari, quem accersiri, quem expeti.'Caecil. apud Tull.The following Letter and my Answer shall ta
- 102 No. 147. Sat.u.r.day, August 18, 1711. Steele.'p.r.o.nuntiatio est Vocis et Vultus et Gestus moderatio c.u.m venustate.'Tull._Mr_. SPECTATOR, The well Reading of the Common Prayer is of so great Importance, and so much neglected, that I take the
- 101 No. 145. Thursday, August 16, 1711. Steele.'Stult.i.tiam patiuntur opes ...'Hor.If the following Enormities are not amended upon the first Mention, I desire further Notice from my Correspondents.Mr. SPECTATOR, 'I am obliged to you for your
- 100 No. 143. Tuesday, August 14, 1711. Steele.'Non est vivere sed valere Vita.'Martial.It is an unreasonable thing some Men expect of their Acquaintance. They are ever complaining that they are out of Order, or Displeased, or they know not how, and
- 99 '... Irrupta tenet Copula ...'Hor.The following Letters being Genuine, [1] and the Images of a Worthy Pa.s.sion, I am willing to give the old Lady's Admonition to my self, and the Representation of her own Happiness, a Place in my Writings.
- 98 T.[Footnote 1: This letter, signed Parthenia, was by Miss Shepheard, sister of Mrs. Perry, who wrote the Letter in No, 92, signed 'Leonora.']No. 141. Sat.u.r.day, August 11, 1711. Steele.'... Migravit ab Aure voluptas Omnis ...'Hor. In
- 97 When I acquaint my Reader, that I have many other Letters not yet acknowledged, I believe he will own, what I have a mind he should believe, that I have no small Charge upon me, but am a Person of some Consequence in this World. I shall therefore employ t
- 96 Next to these ingenious Gentlemen, who argue for what no body can deny them, are to be ranked a sort of People who do not indeed attempt to prove insignificant things, but are ever labouring to raise Arguments with you about Matters you will give up to th
- 95 _Your Humble Servant_, &c.T.[Footnote 1: Prime Minister of Charles XII.][Footnote 2: exactly][Footnote 3: In the Spring of 1698.] [Footnote 4: or][Footnote 5: has]No. 137. Tuesday, August 7, 1711. Steele.At haec etiam Servis semper libera fuerunt, timeren
- 94 No. 135. Sat.u.r.day, August 4, 1711. Addison.'Est brevitate opus, ut currat Sententia ...'Hor.I have somewhere read of an eminent Person, who used in his private Offices of Devotion to give Thanks to Heaven that he was born a _Frenchman:_ For m
- 93 Men of exalted Minds march before us like Princes, and are, to the Ordinary Race of Mankind, rather Subjects for their Admiration than Example. However, there are no Ideas strike more forcibly upon our Imaginations; than those which are raised from Reflec
- 92 _Dear_ SPEC, _Thine Eternally_, WILL. HONEYCOMB.C.[Footnote 1: an] [Footnotes 2: that]No. 132. Wednesday, August 1, 1711. Steele.'... Qui aut Tempus quid postulet non videt, aut plura loquitur, aut se ostentat, aut eorum quibusc.u.m est rationem non
- 91 No. 130. Monday, July 30, 1711. Addison.'... Semperque recentes Convectare juvat praedas, et vivere rapto.'Virg.As I was Yesterday riding out in the Fields with my Friend Sir ROGER, we saw at a little Distance from us a Troop of Gypsies. Upon th
- 90 The younger _Faustina_ was a lively Instance of this sort of Women.Notwithstanding she was married to _Marcus Aurelius_, one of the greatest, wisest, and best of the _Roman_ Emperors, she thought a common Gladiator much the prettier Gentleman; and had tak
- 89 [Footnote 1: Bibliothecae Historicae, Lib. i. -- 87.][Footnote 2: concerns to][Footnote 3: that]No. 127. Thursday, July 26, 1711. Addison.'Quantum est in rebus Inane?' Pers.It is our Custom at Sir ROGER'S, upon the coming in of the Post, to
- 88 No. 125. Tuesday, July 24, 1711. Addison.'Ne pueri, ne tanta animis a.s.suescite bella: Neu patriae validas in viscera vert.i.te vires.'Vir.My worthy Friend Sir ROGER, when we are talking of the Malice of Parties, very frequently tells us an Acc
- 87 Upon his first Rising the Court was hushed, and a general Whisper ran among the Country People that Sir ROGER _was up_. The Speech he made was so little to the Purpose, that I shall not trouble my Readers with an Account of it; and I believe was not so mu
- 86 L.[Footnote 1: depose]No. 121. Thursday, July 19, 1711. Addison.'... Jovis omnia plena.'Virg. As I was walking this Morning in the great Yard that belongs to my Friend's Country House, I was wonderfully pleased to see the different Workings
- 85 'Don't, my Dear, believe a Word _Kate Willow_ says; she is spiteful and makes Stories, because she loves to hear me talk to her self for your sake.'Look you there, quoth Sir Roger, do you see there, all Mischief comes from Confidents! But l
- 84 [Footnote 3: Pascal, who wrote a treatise on Conic sections at the age of 16, and had composed most of his mathematical works and made his chief experiments in science by the age of 26, was in constant suffering, by disease, from his 18th year until his d
- 83 No. 115. Thursday, July 12, 1711. Addison.'... Ut sit Mens sana in Corpore sano.'Juv.Bodily Labour is of two Kinds, either that which a Man submits to for his Livelihood, or that which he undergoes for his Pleasure. The latter of them generally
- 82 'It is, quoth the good Old Man, looking round him with a Smile, very hard, that any Part of my Land should be settled upon one who has used me so ill as the perverse Widow [1] did; and yet I am sure I could not see a Sprig of any Bough of this whole
- 81 _Secondly_, From its Pa.s.sions and Sentiments, as particularly from its Love of Existence, its Horrour of Annihilation, and its Hopes of Immortality, with that secret Satisfaction which it finds in the Practice of Virtue, and that Uneasiness which follow
- 80 Sir ROGER went on with his Account of the Gallery in the following Manner.'This Man (pointing to him I looked at) I take to be the Honour of our House. Sir HUMPHREY DE COVERLEY; he was in his Dealings as punctual as a Tradesman, and as generous as a
- 79 There is another Circ.u.mstance in which my Friend excells in his Management, which is the Manner of rewarding his Servants: He has ever been of Opinion, that giving his cast Cloaths to be worn by Valets has a very ill Effect upon little Minds, and create
- 78 They are obliged indeed to be thus lavish of their Praises, that they may keep one another in Countenance; and it is no wonder if a great deal of Knowledge, which is not capable of making a Man wise, has a natural Tendency to make him Vain and Arrogant.L.
- 77 '... Amongst too many other Instances of the great Corruption and Degeneracy of the Age wherein we live, the great and general Want of Sincerity in Conversation is none of the least. The World is grown so full of Dissimulation and Compliment, that Me
- 76 L.[Footnote 1: Swift.][Footnote 2: In his 'Principia', published 1687, Newton says this to show that the nuclei of Comets must consist of solid matter.][Footnote 3: a][Footnote 4: a whole] No. 102. Wednesday, June 27, 1711. Addison.'... Lus
- 75 Hor.The Club, of which I have often declared my self a Member, were last Night engaged in a Discourse upon that which pa.s.ses for the chief Point of Honour among Men and Women; and started a great many Hints upon the Subject, which I thought were entirel
- 74 _Pharamond's_ Edict against Duels.Pharamond, _King of the_ Gauls, _to all his loving Subjects sendeth Greeting_.Whereas it has come to our Royal Notice and Observation, that in contempt of all Laws Divine and Human, it is of late become a Custom amon
- 73 The second Letter is from a Lady of a Mind as great as her Understanding. There is perhaps something in the Beginning of it which I ought in Modesty to conceal; but I have so much Esteem for this Correspondent, that I will not alter a t.i.ttle of what she
- 72 But of all the Diversions of Life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty s.p.a.ces as the reading of useful and entertaining Authors. But this I shall only touch upon, because it in some Measure interferes with the third Method, which I shall propo
- 71 [Footnote 2: A famous duelling place under elm trees, in a meadow half surrounded by the Thames.]No. 92. Friday, June 15, 1711. Addison.'... Convivae prope dissentire videntur, Poscentes vario multum diversa palato; Quid dem? Quid non dem?'Hor.L
- 70 '... Magnus sine viribus Ignis Inca.s.sum furit'Virg.There is not, in my Opinion, a Consideration more effectual to extinguish inordinate Desires in the Soul of Man, than the Notions of _Plato_ and his Followers [1] upon that Subject. They tell
- 69 Philo-Britannicus This honest Gentleman, who is so desirous that I should write a Satyr upon Grooms, has a great deal of Reason for his Resentment; and I know no Evil which touches all Mankind so much as this of the Misbehaviour of Servants.The Complaint
- 68 No. 87. Sat.u.r.day, June 9, 1711. Steel.'... Nimium ne crede colori.'Virg.It has been the Purpose of several of my Speculations to bring People to an unconcerned Behaviour, with relation to their Persons, whether beautiful or defective. As the
- 67 [Footnote 8: Addison had incurred much ridicule from the bad taste of the time by his papers upon Chevy Chase, though he had gone some way to meet it by endeavouring to satisfy the Dennises of 'that polite age,'with authorities from Virgil. Amon
- 66 Looking over the old Ma.n.u.script wherein the private Actions of _Pharamond_ [1] are set down by way of Table-Book. I found many things which gave me great Delight; and as human Life turns upon the same Principles and Pa.s.sions in all Ages, I thought it
- 65 I say, when I behold this vast Variety of Persons and Humours, with the Pains they both take for the Accomplishment of the Ends mentioned in the above Verse of _Denham,_ I cannot much wonder at the Endeavour after Gain, but am extremely astonished that Me
- 64 _My_ LORD, Similitude of Manners and Studies is usually mentioned as one of the strongest motives to Affection and Esteem; but the pa.s.sionate Veneration I have for your Lords.h.i.+p, I think, flows from an Admiration of Qualities in You, of which, in th
- 63 _A Woman seldom writes her Mind but in her Postscript_.I think this Gentlewoman has sufficiently discovered hers in this. I'll lay what Wager she pleases against her present Favourite, and can tell her that she will Like Ten more before she is fixed,
- 62 No. 78. Wednesday, May 30, 1711. Steele.c.u.m Talis sis, Utinam noster esses!The following Letters are so pleasant, that I doubt not but the Reader will be as much diverted with them as I was. I have nothing to do in this Day's Entertainment, but tak
- 61 Hor.There is nothing so common as to find a Man whom in the general Observations of his Carriage you take to be of an uniform Temper, subject to such unaccountable Starts of Humour and Pa.s.sion, that he is as much unlike himself and differs as much from
- 60 In the Catalogue of the _English_ [who [5]] fell, _Witherington's_ Behaviour is in the same manner particularized very artfully, as the Reader is prepared for it by that Account which is given of him in the Beginning of the Battle [; though I am sati
- 59 [Footnote 3: 'Paradise Lost', Bk. I.][Footnote 4: The story is in 'The Remedy of Love' Stanzas 5--10.]No. 74. Friday, May 25, 1711. Addison.'... Pendent opera interrupta ...'Virg. In my last _Monday's_ Paper I gave some
- 58 '... Genus immortale manet, multosque per annos Stat fortuna Domus, et avi numerantur avorum.'Virg.Having already given my Reader an Account of several extraordinary Clubs both ancient and modern, I did not design to have troubled him with any m
- 57 No. 71. Tuesday, May 22, 1711. Steele.'... Scribere jussit Amor.'Ovid.The entire Conquest of our Pa.s.sions is so difficult a Work, that they who despair of it should think of a less difficult Task, and only attempt to Regulate them. But there i
- 56 The greatest Modern Criticks have laid it down as a Rule, that an Heroick Poem should be founded upon some important Precept of Morality, adapted to the Const.i.tution of the Country in which the Poet writes._Homer_ and _Virgil_ have formed their Plans in
- 55 [Footnote 1: Ecclesiasticus vii. 5, 6.][Footnote 2: Eccles. vi. 7, and following verses.][Footnote 3: Eccles. vi. 15-18.][Footnote 4: Eccles. ix. 10.][Footnote 5: Eccles. ix, 20-22.] [Footnote 6: Eccles. xxvii. 16, &c.][Footnote 7: Cicero 'de Amiciti
- 54 'As you are SPECTATOR, I think we, who make it our Business to exhibit any thing to publick View, ought to apply our selves to you for your Approbation. I have travelled Europe to furnish out a Show for you, and have brought with me what has been adm
- 53 The two following Letters are upon a Subject of very great Importance, tho' expressed without an Air of Gravity.To the SPECTATOR.SIR, I Take the Freedom of asking your Advice in behalf of a Young Country Kinswoman of mine who is lately come to Town,
- 52 Juv.The most improper things we commit in the Conduct of our Lives, we are led into by the Force of Fas.h.i.+on. Instances might be given, in which a prevailing Custom makes us act against the Rules of Nature, Law and common Sense: but at present I shall
- 51 [Footnote 4: Dominique Bouhours, a learned and accomplished Jesuit, who died in 1702, aged 75, was a Professor of the Humanities, in Paris, till the headaches by which he was tormented until death compelled him to resign his chair. He was afterwards tutor
- 50 There is no kind of false Wit which has been so recommended by the Practice of all Ages, as that which consists in a Jingle of Words, and is comprehended under the general Name of _Punning_. It is indeed impossible to kill a Weed, which the Soil has a nat
- 49 The Poet rung the [changes [1]] upon these eight several Words, and by that Means made his Verses almost as numerous as the Virtues and the Stars which they celebrated. It is no wonder that Men who had so much Time upon their Hands did not only restore al
- 48 [Footnote 3: The 'Syrinx' of Theocritus consists of twenty verses, so arranged that the length of each pair is less than that of the pair before, and the whole resembles the ten reeds of the mouth organ or Pan pipes ([Greek: syrigx]). The Egg is
- 47 'Quem praestare potest mulier galeata pudorem, Quae fugit a s.e.xu!'Juv.When the Wife of _Hector_, in _Homer's Iliads_, discourses with her Husband about the Battel in which he was going to engage, the Hero, desiring her to leave that Matte
- 46 Vive memor lethi: fugit hora. Hoc quod loquor, inde est.En quid agis? Duplici in diversum scinderis hamo.Hunccine, an hunc sequeris!----_ Whether alone, or in thy Harlot's Lap, When thou wouldst take a lazy Morning's Nap; Up, up, says AVARICE; t
- 45 [Footnote 2: _Litterati_]No. 54. Wednesday, May 2, 1711. Steele.'... Sirenua nos exercet inertia.'Hor.The following Letter being the first that I have received from the learned University of _Cambridge_, I could not but do my self the Honour of
- 44 [Footnote 2: Goblin]No. 53. Tuesday, May 1, 1711. Steele.... Aliquando bonus dormitat Homerus.Hor.My Correspondents grow so numerous, that I cannot avoid frequently inserting their Applications to me. Mr SPECTATOR, 'I am glad I can inform you, that y
- 43 Steele's Plays were as pure as his 'Spectator' Essays, absolutely discarding the customary way of enforcing feeble dialogues by the spurious force of oaths, and aiming at a wholesome influence upon his audience. The pa.s.sage here recanted
- 42 No. 50. Friday, April 27, 1711. [1] Addison.'Nunquam aliud Natura, aliud Sapientia dixit.'Juv.When the four _Indian_ Kings were in this Country about a Twelvemonth ago, [2] I often mixed with the Rabble, and followed them a whole Day together, b
- 41 To the President and Fellows of the _Ugly Club_._May it please your Deformities_, I have received the Notification of the Honour you have done me, in admitting me into your Society. I acknowledge my Want of Merit, and for that Reason shall endeavour at al
- 40 Nine other agents, of whom complete sets could be had, were occasionally set forth together with these two in an advertis.e.m.e.nt; but only these are in the colophon.][Footnote 3: Oxonian][Footnote 4: Gilbert Burnet, author of the 'History of the Re
- 39 _Semp.r.o.nia_ is at present the most profest Admirer of the _French_ Nation, but is so modest as to admit her Visitants no further than her Toilet. It is a very odd Sight that beautiful Creature makes, when she is talking Politicks with her Tresses flowi
- 38 Among the several Artifices which are put in Practice by the Poets to fill the Minds of [an] [1] Audience with Terror, the first Place is due to Thunder and Lightning, which are often made use of at the Descending of a G.o.d, or the Rising of a Ghost, at