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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 300 'Turpe est difficiles babere nugas, Et stultus est labor ineptiarum.'Mart.I have been very often disappointed of late Years, when upon examining the new Edition of a Cla.s.sick Author, I have found above half the Volume taken up with various Readings. W
- 299 'Erat h.o.m.o ingeniosus, acutus, acer, et qui plurimum et salis haberet et fellis, nec candoris minus.'Plin. Epist.My Paper is in a kind a Letter of News, but it regards rather what pa.s.ses in the World of Conversation than that of Business. I am very
- 298 PHILIPATER.I have some time ago spoken of a Treatise written by Mr. _Weaver_ on this Subject, which is now, I understand, ready to be published. This Work sets this Matter in a very plain and advantageous Light; and I am convinced from it, that if the Art
- 297 [Footnote 2: Proverbs x.x.x. 7-9.][Footnote 3: The Plutus.][Footnote 4: [were]][Footnote 5: [Man]]No. 465. Sat.u.r.day, August 23, 1712. Addison. 'Qua ratione queas traducere leniter aevum: Ne te semper inops agitet vexetque cupido; Ne pavor et rerum med
- 296 [Footnote 2: Stocks-market, upon the site of which the Mansion House was built in 1738, received its name from a pair of stocks erected near it as early as the year 1281. Sir Robert Viner here erected, in 1675, his white marble statue of Charles II., that
- 295 _Your daily Admirer, and humble Servant_, [1] &c.PSALM CXIV.I. When Israel, freed from Pharaoh's Hand, Left the proud Tyrant and his Land, The Tribes with chearful Homage own Their King, and Judah was his Throne.II. Across the Deep their Journey lay, The
- 294 [Footnote 1: Probably Tillotson. The thought is expanded in part of his sermon on the Example of Jesus in doing good. It appears in another form in his sermon for the 5th of November, 1678, where he applies to our religious hatreds the saying that 'the r
- 293 I could not Smile at the Account that was Yesterday given me of a modest young Gentleman, who being invited to an Entertainment, though he was not used to drink, had not the Confidence to refuse his Gla.s.s in his Turn, when on a sudden he grew so fl.u.s.
- 292 There was another making villanous Jests At thy Undoing: He had ta'en Possession Of all thy ancient most domestick Ornaments: Rich Hangings intermix'd and wrought with Gold; The very Bed, which on thy Wedding Night Received thee to the Arms of _Belvedir
- 291 As she was an excellent Coach Woman, many were the Glances at each other which we had for an Hour and an Half in all Parts of the Town by the Skill of our Drivers; till at last my Lady was conveniently lost with Notice from her Coachman to ours to make of
- 290 [Footnote 2: Pancras.]No. 453. Sat.u.r.day, August 9, 1712. Addison.'Non usitata nec tenui ferar Penna--'Hor.There is not a more pleasing Exercise of the Mind than Grat.i.tude. It is accompanied with such an inward Satisfaction, that the Duty is suffici
- 289 No. 451. Thursday, August 7, 1712. Addison.'--Jam saevus apertam In rabiem caepit verti jocus, et per honestas Ire minax impune domos--'There is nothing so scandalous to a Government, and detestable in the Eyes of all good Men, as defamatory Papers and
- 288 What need more be said to convince you of being guilty of the basest Practice imaginable, than that it is such as has made you liable to be treated after this Manner, while you your self cannot in your own Conscience but allow the Justice of the Upbraidin
- 287 C.No. 447. Sat.u.r.day, August 2, 1712. Addison.[Greek: Phaem polychroniaen meletaen emmenai, phile ka dae Tautaen anthropoisi teleutosan physin einai.]There is not a Common Saying which has a better turn of Sense in it, than what we often hear in the Mou
- 286 [Footnote 3: both]No. 445. Thursday, July 31, 1712. Addison.'Tanti non es ais. Sapis, Luperce.'Mart.This is the Day on which many eminent Authors will probably Publish their Last Words. I am afraid that few of our Weekly Historians, who are Men that abo
- 285 Camilla _to the_ SPECTATOR._Venice, July 10_, N. S._Mr_. SPECTATOR, 'I Take it extreamly ill, that you do not reckon conspicuous Persons of your Nation are within your Cognizance, tho' out of the Dominions of Great Britain. I little thought in the green
- 284 Hor.Man, considered in himself, is a very helpless and a very wretched Being. He is subject every Moment to the greatest Calamities and Misfortunes. He is beset with Dangers on all sides, and may become unhappy by numberless Casualties, which he could not
- 283 'Hi narrata ferunt alio: mensuraque ficti Crescit; et auditis aliquid novus adjicit auctor.'Ovid.Ovid describes the Palace of Fame [1] as situated in the very Center of the Universe, and perforated with so many Windows and Avenues as gave her the Sight
- 282 No. 437. Tuesday, July 22, 1712.'Tune impune haec facias? Tune hic homines adolescentulos Imperitos rerum, eductos libere, in fraudem illicis?Sollicitando, et pollicitando eorum animos lactas?Ac meritricios amores nuptiis conglutinas?'Ter. And. The othe
- 281 'Nec duo sunt at forma duplex, nec faemina dici Nec puer ut possint, neutrumque et utrumque videntur.'Ovid.Most of the Papers I give the Publick are written on Subjects that never vary, but are for ever fixt and immutable. Of this kind are all my more s
- 280 Olivio.July 15th, 1712._Dear_ Olivia, It is but this Moment I have had the Happiness of knowing to whom I am obliged for the Present I received the second of _April_. I am heartily sorry it did not come to Hand the Day before; for I can't but think it ve
- 279 No. 431. Tuesday, July 15, 1712. Steele.'Quid Dulcius hominum generi a Natura datum est quam sui cuique liberi?'Tull.I have lately been casting in my Thoughts the several Unhappinesses of Life, and comparing the Infelicities of old Age to those of Infan
- 278 That when he has learnt to live without his said Cane, he will wait on the Company, &c._The Memorial_ of John Rhubarb, _Esq_., Sheweth, That your Pet.i.tioner has retired to the Infirmary, but that he is in perfect good Health, except that he has by long
- 277 [Footnote 2: [horrid]][Footnote 3: [that]]No. 429. Sat.u.r.day, July 12, 1712. Steele.'--Populumque falsis dedocet uti Vocibus--'_Mr_. SPECTATOR, Since I gave an Account of an agreeable Set of Company which were gone down into the Country, I have recei
- 276 No. 426. Wednesday, July 9, 1712. Steele.'--Quid non mortalia Pectora cogis Auri sacra fames'Virg.A very agreeable Friend of mine, the other Day, carrying me in his Coach into the Country to Dinner, fell into Discourse concerning the Care of Parents due
- 275 'All goes well; she is very angry at me, and I dare say hates me in earnest. It is a good time to Visit._Yours_.'The Comparison of _Strephon's_ Gayety to _Damon's_ Languishment, strikes her Imagination with a Prospect of very agreeable Hours with such
- 274 Why Terror and Grief are pleasing to the Mind when excited by Descriptions. A particular Advantage the Writers in Poetry and Fiction have to please the Imagination. What Liberties are allowed them.PAPER IX. [No. 419, Volume 3.]Of that kind of Poetry which
- 273 O.[Footnote 1: [that]][Footnote 2: [that]]No. 421. Thursday, July 3, 1712. Addison.'Ignotis errare locis, ignota videre Flumina gaudebat; studio minuente laborem.' Ovid.The Pleasures of the Imagination are not wholly confined to such particular Authors
- 272 THE SPECTATOR.VOL. III.No. 417. Sat.u.r.day, June 28, 1712. Addison.'Quem tu Melpomene semel Nascentem placido lumine videris, Non illum labor Isthmius Clarabit pugilem, non equus impiger, &c.Sed quae Tibur aquae fertile perfluunt, Et Sp.i.s.sae nemorum
- 271 Not to mention the Tower of Babel, of which an old Author says, there were the Foundations to be seen in his time, which looked like a s.p.a.cious Mountain; what could be more n.o.ble than the Walls of Babylon, its hanging Gardens, and its Temple to Jupit
- 270 Final Causes lye more bare and open to our Observation, as there are often a great Variety that belong to the same Effect; and these, tho'they are not altogether so satisfactory, are generally more useful than the other, as they give us greater Occasion
- 269 Lucr.Our Sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our Senses. It fills the Mind with the largest Variety of Ideas, converses with its Objects at the greatest Distance, and continues the longest in Action without being tired or satiated with it
- 268 He should, in the second Place, be very careful to observe, whether he tastes the distinguis.h.i.+ng Perfections, or, if I may be allowed to call them so, the Specifick Qualities of the Author whom he peruses; whether he is particularly pleased with Livy
- 267 Ovid.Most Foreign Writers who have given any Character of the English Nation, whatever Vices they ascribe to it, allow in general, that the People are naturally Modest. It proceeds perhaps from this our National Virtue, that our Orators are observed to ma
- 266 The greatest Conqueror in this Holy Nation, after the manner of the old Grecian Lyricks, did not only compose the Words of his Divine Odes, but generally set them to Musick himself: After which, his Works, tho' they were consecrated to the Tabernacle, be
- 265 For this Reason, when any publick Affair is upon the Anvil, I love to hear the Reflections that arise upon it in the several Districts and Parishes of London and Westminster, and to ramble up and down a whole Day together, in order to make my self acquain
- 264 SIR, Upon Reflection, I find the Injury I have done both to you and my self to be so great, that though the Part I now act may appear contrary to that Decorum usually observed by our s.e.x, yet I purposely break through all Rules, that my Repentance may i
- 263 No. 400. Monday, June 9, 1712. Steele.'--Latet Anguis in Herba.'Virg.It should, methinks, preserve Modesty and its Interests in the World, that the Transgression of it always creates Offence; and the very Purposes of Wantonness are defeated by a Carriag
- 262 Exact Sir, that are at Will's Coffee-house six Minutes after Three, June 4; one that has had Thoughts and all my little Imperfections.Sir, come to me immediately, or I shall determine what may perhaps not be very pleasing to you.FLAVIA.Robin gave an Acco
- 261 Your Grace's Displeasure, and my Imprisonment, are Things so strange unto me, as what to write, or what to excuse, I am altogether ignorant. Whereas you send unto me (willing me to confess a Truth, and so obtain your Favour) by such an one, whom you know
- 260 I shall now allow my Fair Readers to return to their Romances and Chocolate, provided they make use of them with Moderation, till about the middle of the Month, when the Sun shall have made some Progress in the Crab. Nothing is more dangerous, than too mu
- 259 I would have my Readers endeavour to moralize this natural Pleasure of the Soul, and to improve this vernal Delight, as Milton calls it, into a Christian Virtue. When we find our selves inspired with this pleasing Instinct, this secret Satisfaction and Co
- 258 [Footnote 1: Iliad, Bk ix.][Footnote 2: Menippus was a Cynic philosopher of Gadara, who made money in Thebes by usury, lost it, and hanged himself. He wrote satirical pieces, which are lost; some said that they were the joint work of two friends, Dionysiu
- 257 There is indeed a great Objection against this Manner of treating them.Zeal for Religion is of so active a Nature, that it seldom knows where to rest; for which reason I am afraid, after having discharged our Atheists, we might possibly think of shooting
- 256 II. As much as fairest Lillies can surpa.s.s A Thorn in Beauty, or in Height the Gra.s.s; So does my Love among the Virgins s.h.i.+ne, Adorn'd with Graces more than half Divine; Or as a Tree, that, glorious to behold, Is hung with Apples all of ruddy Gol
- 255 I remember Tully, speaking, I think, of Anthony, says, That in eo facetiae erant, quae nulla arte tradi possunt: He had a witty Mirth, which could be acquired by no Art. This Quality must be of the Kind of which I am now speaking; for all sorts of Behavio
- 254 T.[Footnote 1: Dr. William Fleetwood, Bishop of St. Asaph, had published Four Sermons.1. On the death of Queen Mary, 1694.2. On the death of the Duke of Gloucester, 1700.3. On the death of King William, 1701. 4. On the Queen's Accession to the Throne, in
- 253 'Habes confitentem reum.'Tull.I ought not to have neglected a Request of one of my Correspondents so long as I have; but I dare say I have given him time to add Practice to Profession. He sent me some time ago a Bottle or two of excellent Wine to drink
- 252 Your Observations on Persons that have behaved themselves irreverently at Church, I doubt not have had a good Effect on some that have read them: But there is another Fault which has. .h.i.therto escaped your Notice, I mean of such Persons as are very zea
- 251 [Footnote 15: Cap. 51. v. 6. and Cap. 64. v. 10.]No. 379. Thursday, May 15, 1712. Budgell.'Scire tuum nihil est nisi te scire hoc sciat alter.'Pers.I have often wondered at that ill-natur'd Position which has been sometimes maintained in the Schools, a
- 250 [Cap. 35. See lofty Lebanon his Head advance, v. 2.] See nodding Forests on the Mountains dance, See spicy Clouds from lowly Sharon rise, And Carmels flow'ry Top perfumes the Skies![Cap. 40. Hark! a glad Voice the lonely Desart chears; v. 3, 4.] Prepare
- 249 F. R., caught his Death upon the Water, April the 31st.W. W., killed by an unknown Hand, that was playing with the Glove off upon the Side of the Front-Box in Drury-Lane.Sir Christopher Crazy, Bart., hurt by the Brush of a Whalebone Petticoat.Sylvius, sho
- 248 MADAM, I am full of Shame, and will never forgive my self, if I have not your Pardon for what I lately wrote. It was far from my Intention to add Trouble to the Afflicted; nor could any thing, but my being a Stranger to you, have betray'd me into a Fault
- 247 We have frequent Instances of this odd kind of Mixture in People of depraved Minds and mean Education; who tho' they are not able to meet a Man's Eyes, or p.r.o.nounce a Sentence without Confusion, can Voluntarily commit the greatest Villanies, or most
- 246 [Footnote 1: George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, Drydens Zimri, and the author of the Rehearsal.][Footnote 2: [Sparrow-gra.s.s] and in first Reprint.]372. Wednesday, May 7, 1712. Steele.'Pudet haec opprobria n.o.bis [Et dici potuisse et non potuisse ref
- 245 No. 370. Monday, May 5, 1712. Steele.'Totus Mundus agit Histrionem.'Many of my fair Readers, as well as very gay and well-received Persons of the other s.e.x, are extremely perplexed at the Latin Sentences at the Head of my Speculations; I do not know w
- 244 No. 369. Sat.u.r.day, May 3, 1712. Addison.'Segnius irritant animos demissa per aures Quam quae sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus--'Hor.Milton, after having represented in Vision the History of Mankind to the first great Period of Nature, dispatches the re
- 243 [Footnote 1: John Scheffer, born in 1621, at Strasburg, was at the age of 27 so well-known for his learning, that he was invited to Sweden, where he received a liberal pension from Queen Christina as her librarian, and was also a Professor of Law and Rhet
- 242 Having thus fairly admonished the female s.e.x, and laid before them the Dangers they are exposed to in this critical Month, I shall in the next place lay down some Rules and Directions for their better avoiding those Calentures which are so very frequent
- 241 Hor.Mr. SPECTATOR, [2]A Lady of my Acquaintance, for whom I have too much Respect to be easy while she is doing an indiscreet Action, has given occasion to this Trouble: She is a Widow, to whom the Indulgence of a tender Husband has entrusted the Manageme
- 240 The Conference of Adam and Eve is full of moving Sentiments. Upon their going abroad after the melancholy Night which they had pa.s.sed together, they discover the Lion and the Eagle pursuing each of them their Prey towards the Eastern Gates of Paradise.
- 239 [Footnote 4: [Not being yet determined with whose Name to fill up the Gap in this Dissertation which is marked with----, I shall defer it till this Paper appears with others in a Volume. L.]]No. 362. Friday, April 25, 1712. Steele.Laudibus arguitur Vini v
- 238 --De paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent.Hor.I have nothing to do with the Business of this Day, any further than affixing the piece of Latin on the Head of my Paper; which I think a Motto not unsuitable, since if Silence of our Poverty is a Recommen