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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
- 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]
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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]
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.+
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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