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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
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 138 Among the Writers of Antiquity, there are none who instruct us more openly in the Manners of their respective Times in which they lived, than those who have employed themselves in Satyr, under what Dress soever it may appear; as there are no other Authors
- 139 Hills peep o'er Hills, and Alps on Alps arise.Popes Essay on Criticism, then newly published.]No. 211 Thursday, November 1, 1711. Addison.Fictis meminerit nos jocari Fabulis.Phaed. Having lately translated the Fragment of an old Poet which describes
- 140 [Footnote 3: In the Epilogue to Love for Love.][Footnote 4: that his]No. 212. Friday, November 2, 1711. Steele.--Eripe turpi Colla jugo, liber, liber dic, sum age-- Hor. _Mr_. SPECTATOR, I Never look upon my dear Wife, but I think of the Happiness Sir ROG
- 141 L.[Footnote 1: Rom. vii. 16.][Footnote 2: Arnica Collatio de Veritate Relig. Christ. c.u.m Erudito Judaeo, published in 1687, by Philippe de Limborch, who was eminent as a professor of Theology at Amsterdam from 1667 until his death, in 1712, at the age o
- 142 I consider an Human Soul without Education like Marble in the Quarry, which shews none of its inherent Beauties, till the Skill of the Polisher fetches out the Colours, makes the Surface s.h.i.+ne, and discovers every ornamental Cloud, Spot, and Vein that
- 143 In some of your first Papers you were pleased to give the Publick a very diverting Account of several Clubs and nocturnal a.s.semblies; but I am a Member of a Society which has wholly escaped your Notice, I mean a Club of She-Romps. We take each a Hackney
- 144 Ov.There are but few Men, who are not ambitious of distinguis.h.i.+ng themselves in the Nation or Country where they live, and of growing considerable among those with whom they converse. There is a kind of Grandeur and Respect, which the meanest and most
- 145 _SIR, Your humble Servant._ _Mr._ SPECTATOR, I am a young Gentleman, and take it for a Piece of Good-breeding to pull off my Hat when I see any thing particularly charming in any Woman, whether I know her or not. I take care that there is nothing ludicrou
- 146 and so on, till there remained only the initial A. His word was taken, and this use of the charm was popular even in the Spectators time. It is described by Defoe in his History of the Plague.][Footnote 4: The number Four was called Tetractys by the Pytha
- 147 IV. _The Birds dismist (while you remain) Bore back their empty Carr again: Then You, with Looks divinely mild, In evry heavnly Feature smil'd, And ask'd what new Complaints I made, And why I call'd you to my Aid_?V. _What Phrenzy in my Bos
- 148 Nullum numen abest si sit Prudentia Juv.I have often thought if the Minds of Men were laid open, we should see but little Difference between that of the Wise Man and that of the Fool.There are infinite _Reveries_, numberless Extravagancies, and a perpetua
- 149 ADVERTIs.e.m.e.nT._There is arrived from_ Italy _a Painter who acknowledges himself the greatest Person of the Age in that Art, and is willing to be as renowned in this Island as he declares he is in Foreign Parts_.The Doctor paints the Poor for nothing.N
- 150 Percunctatorem fugito, nam Garrulus idem est.Hor.There is a Creature who has all the Organs of Speech, a tolerable good Capacity for conceiving what is said to it, together with a pretty proper Behaviour in all the Occurrences of common Life; but naturall
- 151 _Longinus_ has observed, that this Description of Love in _Sappho_ is an exact Copy of Nature, and that all the Circ.u.mstances which follow one another in such an Hurry of Sentiments, notwithstanding they appear repugnant to each other, are really such a
- 152 It is impossible that a Person should exert himself to Advantage in an a.s.sembly, whether it be his Part either to sing or speak, who lies under too great Oppressions of Modesty. I remember, upon talking with a Friend of mine concerning the Force of p.r.
- 153 No. 233. Tuesday, Nov. 27, 1711. Addison.--Tanquam hec sint nostri medicina furoris, Aut Deus ille malis hominum mitescere discat.Virg.I shall, in this Paper, discharge myself of the Promise I have made to the Publick, by obliging them with a Translation
- 154 Hor.] [1]You very often hear People, after a Story has been told with some entertaining Circ.u.mstances, tell it over again with Particulars that destroy the Jest, but give Light into the Truth of the Narration. This sort of Veracity, though it is imperti
- 155 No. 236. Friday, November 30, 1711. Steele --Dare Jura maritis.Hor._Mr_. SPECTATOR, You have not spoken in so direct a manner upon the Subject of Marriage as that important Case deserves. It would not be improper to observe upon the Peculiarity in the You
- 156 [Footnote 1: Paradise Lost, B. II. v. 557-561.][Footnote 2: In Sat.u.r.days Spectator, _for_ reward _read_ lot.Erratum in No. 238.][Footnote 3: De Constantia Sapientis.][Footnote 4: [Since Providence, therefore], and in 1st rep.] [Footnote 5: Henry Mores
- 157 I have sometimes amused myself with considering the several Methods of managing a Debate which have obtained m the World.The first Races of Mankind used to dispute, as our ordinary People do now-a-days, in a kind of wild Logick, uncultivated by Rules of A
- 158 During the Time of Acting, he appear'd frequently in the Princes Apartment, made one at the Hunting-match, and was very forward in the Rebellion. If there were no Injunctions to the contrary, yet this Practice must be confess'd to diminish the P
- 159 Your Speculations do not so generally prevail over Mens Manners as I could wish. A former Paper of yours [1] concerning the Misbehaviour of People, who are necessarily in each others Company in travelling, ought to have been a lasting Admonition against T
- 160 No. 244. Monday, December 10, 1711. Steele.--Judex et callidus audis.Hor._Covent-Garden, Dec. 7._ _Mr_. SPECTATOR, I cannot, without a double Injustice, forbear expressing to you the Satisfaction which a whole Clan of Virtuosos have received from those H
- 161 _Graec.u.m est, non potest legi._ [2]I give you this Hint, that you may for the future abstain from any such Hostilities at your Peril._Troilus_.C.[Footnote 1: Professor of Greek at Cambridge, who edited Homer, Euripides, Anacreon, &c., and wrote in Greek
- 162 As for News-mongers, Politicians, Mimicks, Story-Tellers, with other Characters of that nature, which give Birth to Loquacity, they are as commonly found among the Men as the Women; for which Reason I shall pa.s.s them over in Silence.I have often been pu
- 163 Frag. Vet. Poet.When I make Choice of a Subject that has not been treated on by others, I throw together my Reflections on it without any Order or Method, so that they may appear rather in the Looseness and Freedom of an Essay, than in the Regularity of a
- 164 I am, SIR, Your most humble Servant, Abraham Spy.Q.[Footnote 1: Apostle spoons and others with fancy heads upon their handles.] [Footnote 2: The ox-eyed, venerable Juno.][Footnote 3: aen. 12, v. 101.]No. 251. Tuesday, December 18, 1711. Addison.--Lingua c
- 165 TO THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. [1]_My_ LORD, As it is natural to have a Fondness for what has cost us so much Time and Attention to produce, I hope Your Grace will forgive an endeavour to preserve this Work from Oblivion, by affixing to it Your memorable Nam
- 166 There is nothing which more denotes a great Mind, than the Abhorrence of Envy and Detraction. This Pa.s.sion reigns more among bad Poets, than among any other Set of Men.As there are none more ambitious of Fame, than those who are conversant in Poetry, it
- 167 No. 254. Friday, December 21, 1711. Steele.[Greek: Semns eros aretaes, ho de kypridos achos oph.e.l.lei.]When I consider the false Impressions which are received by the Generality of the World, I am troubled at none more than a certain Levity of Thought,
- 168 [Footnote 5: [their]][Footnote 6: [their Souls]][Footnote 7: [them]][Footnote 8: [themselves]][Footnote 9: Sall.u.s.t. Bell. Catil. c. 49.] [Footnote 10: [and an]][Footnote 11: [and]]No. 256. Monday, December 24, 1711. Addison.[Greek: Phaelae gar te kakae
- 169 _First_, Because the strong Desire of Fame breeds several vicious Habits in the Mind._Secondly_, Because many of those Actions, which are apt to procure Fame, are not in their Nature conducive to this our ultimate Happiness._Thirdly_, Because if we should
- 170 There are some Things which cannot come under certain Rules, but which one would think could not need them. Of this kind are outward Civilities and Salutations. These one would imagine might be regulated by every Man's Common Sense without the Help o
- 171 The first would procure many Conveniencies and Pleasures of Life to the Party whose Interests they espouse; and at the same time may hope that the Wealth of their Friend will turn to their own Credit and Advantage.The others are preparing for themselves a
- 172 _Mr_, SPECTATOR, I am the happy Father of a very towardly Son, in whom I do not only see my Life, but also my Manner of Life, renewed. It would be extremely beneficial to Society, if you would frequently resume Subjects which serve to bind these sort of R
- 173 Dixerit e multis aliquis, quid virus in angues Adjicis? et rabidae tradis ovile lupae?Ovid.One of the Fathers, if I am rightly informed, has defined a Woman to be [Greek: xoon philokosmon], _an Animal that delights in Finery_. I have already treated of th
- 174 No. 267. Sat.u.r.day, January 5, 1712. Addison.Cedite Romani Scriptores, cedite Graii. [1]Propert.There is nothing in Nature [more irksome than] [2] general Discourses, especially when they turn chiefly upon Words. For this Reason I shall wave the Discuss
- 175 [Footnote 7: with great Art][Footnote 8: the Story][Footnote 9: _Poetics_, V. -- 3. In arguing the superiority of Tragic to Epic Poetry, Aristotle says, there is less Unity in all Epic imitation; as appears from this--that any Epic Poem will furnish matte
- 176 _Your humble Servant_ _Oxford, Dec_. 29._Mr_. SPECTATOR, Since you appear inclined to be a Friend to the Distressed, I beg you would a.s.sist me in an Affair under which I have suffered very much.The reigning Toast of this Place is _Patetia_; I have pursu
- 177 No. 270. Wednesday, January 9, 1712. Steele.Discit enim citius, meminitque libentius illud, Quod quis deridet, quam quod probat.Hor.I do not know that I have been in greater Delight for these many Years, than in beholding the Boxes at the Play the last Ti
- 178 _Mr_. SPECTATOR, The Occasion of this Letter is of so great Importance, and the Circ.u.mstances of it such, that I know you will but think it just to insert it, in Preference of all other Matters that can present themselves to your Consideration. I need n
- 179 In this, and some other very few Instances, _Aristotle's_ Rules for Epic Poetry (which he had drawn from his Reflections upon _Homer_) cannot be supposed to quadrate exactly with the Heroic Poems which have been made since his Time; since it is plain
- 180 No. 275. Tuesday, January 15, 1712. Addison.--tribus Anticyris caput insanabile-- Juv.I was Yesterday engaged in an a.s.sembly of Virtuosos, where one of them produced many curious Observations which he had lately made in the Anatomy of an Human Body. Ano
- 181 No. 277. Thursday, January 17, 1712. Budgell.--fas est et ab hoste doceri.Virg.I presume I need not inform the Polite Part of my Readers, that before our Correspondence with _France_ was unhappily interrupted by the War, our Ladies had all their Fas.h.i.+
- 182 [Footnote 1: See No. 258.]No. 279. Sat.u.r.day, January 19, 1712. Addison.Reddere personae scit convenientia cuique.Hor.We have already taken a general Survey of the Fable and Characters in _Milton's Paradise Lost_. The Parts which remain to be consi
- 183 _Were the Trojans taken even after they were Captives, or did_ Troy _burn even when it was in Flames?_][Footnote 9: [low]][Footnote 10: Zoilus, who lived about 270 B. C., in the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus, made himself famous for attacks upon Homer and
- 184 The Fibres were turned and twisted in a more intricate and perplexed manner than they are usually found in other Hearts; insomuch that the whole Heart was wound up together in a Gordian Knot, and must have had very irregular and unequal Motions, whilst it
- 185 I believe I need not fear but that what I have said in Praise of Money, will be more than sufficient with most of my Readers to excuse the Subject of my present Paper, which I intend as an Essay on _The Ways to raise a Man's Fortune_, or, _The Art of
- 186 _Mr_. SPECTATOR, _Jan_. 24, 1712.I am Clerk of the Parish from whence Mrs. _Simper_ sends her Complaint, in your Yesterdays _Spectator_. I must beg of you to publish this as a publick Admonition to the aforesaid Mrs. _Simper_, otherwise all my honest Care
- 187 I have been the more particular in these Observations on Milton's Stile, because it is that Part of him in which he appears the most singular.The Remarks I have here made upon the Practice of other Poets, with my Observations out of Aristotle, will p
- 188 No. 286. Monday, January 28, 1712. Steele.Nomina Honesta praetenduntur vitiis.Tacit.York, Jan. 18, 1712.Mr. Spectator, I pretend not to inform a Gentleman of so just a Taste, whenever he pleases to use it; but it may not be amiss to inform your Readers,
- 189 No. 288. Wednesday, January 30, 1712. Steele --Pavor est utrique molestus.Hor.Mr. SPECTATOR, When you spoke of the Jilts and Coquets, you then promised to be very impartial, and not to spare even your own s.e.x, should any of their secret or open Faults c
- 190 No. 290. Friday, February 1, 1712. Steele.[Projicit ampullas et sesquipedalia verba.Hor. [1]]The Players, who know I am very much their Friend, take all Opportunities to express a Grat.i.tude to me for being so. They could not have a better Occasion of Ob
- 191 As I intend in my next Paper to shew the Defects in Milton's Paradise Lost, I thought fit to premise these few Particulars, to the End that the Reader may know I enter upon it, as on a very ungrateful Work, and that I shall just point at the Imperfec
- 192 [Footnote 3: Ovid. Fast., iii. 833.]No. 293.] Tuesday, February 5, 1712. [Addison.[Greek: Pasin gar euphronousi summachei tuchae.]The famous Gratian [1] in his little Book wherein he lays down Maxims for a Man's advancing himself at Court, advises hi
- 193 Printed for S. Buckley, at the Dolphin, in Little Britain, and J.Tonson, at Shakespear's Head, over-against Catherine-Street in the Strand.]No. 295. Thursday, February 7, 1712. Addison.Prodiga non sent.i.t pereuntem faemina censum: At velut exhausta
- 194 Let her alone Ten Days.York, Jan. 20, 1711-12.Mr. SPECTATOR, We have in this Town a sort of People who pretend to Wit and write Lampoons: I have lately been the Subject of one of them. The Scribler had not Genius enough in Verse to turn my Age, as indeed
- 195 At one slight bound high overleapt all bound.I know there are Figures for this kind of Speech, that some of the greatest Ancients have been guilty of it, and that Aristotle himself has given it a place in his Rhetorick among the Beauties of that Art. [14]
- 196 Mr. SPECTATOR, I am a Virgin, and in no Case despicable; but yet such as I am I must remain, or else become, tis to be feared, less happy: for I find not the least good Effect from the just Correction you some time since gave, that too free, that looser P
- 197 Mr. SPECTATOR, When you talk of the Subject of Love, and the Relations arising from it, methinks you should take Care to leave no Fault un.o.bserved which concerns the State of Marriage. The great Vexation that I have observed in it, is, that the wedded C
- 198 No. 302. Friday, February 15, 1712. Steele.Lachrymaeque decorae, Gratior et pulchro veniens in corpore Virtus.Vir. aen. 5.I read what I give for the Entertainment of this Day with a great deal of Pleasure, and publish it just as it came to my Hands. I sha
- 199 His Sentiments are every way answerable to his Character, and suitable to a created Being of the most exalted and most depraved Nature. Such is that in which he takes Possession of his Place of Torments.--Hail Horrors! hail Infernal World! and thou profou
- 200 Mr. SPECTATOR, I have for some Years indulged a Pa.s.sion for a young Lady of Age and Quality suitable to my own, but very much superior in Fortune. It is the Fas.h.i.+on with Parents (how justly I leave you to judge) to make all Regards give way to the A