No. 204. The history of ten days of Seged, emperour of Ethiopia.
Seged, lord of Ethiopia, to the inhabitants of the world: To the sons of Presumption, humility and fear; and to the daughters of Sorrow.
Monthly Archives: February 1752
No. 203. The pleasures of life to be sought in prospects of futurity. Future fame uncertain.
Cum volet illa dies, quae nil nisi corporis hujus Jus habet, incerti spatium mihi finiat avi. OVID. Met. xv. 873. …
No. 202. The different acceptations of poverty. Cynicks and Monks not poor.
Pros apanta deilos estin o penaes pragmata, Kai pantas autou kataphronein upolambanei O de metrios pratton periskegesteron Apanta t aniara, …
No. 201. The importance of punctuality.
The chief praise to which a trader aspires is that of punctuality, or an exact and rigorous observance of commercial engagements.
No. 200. Asper’s complaint of the insolence of Prospero. Unpoliteness not always the effect of pride.
Such is the tenderness or infirmity of many minds, when any affliction oppresses them, they have immediate recourse to lamentation and complaint.
No. 199. The virtues of Rabbi Abraham’s magnet.
Decolor, obscurus, cilis. Non ille repexam Cæsariem Regum, nec Candida virginis ornat Colla, nec insigni splendet per cingula morsu: Sed …
No. 198. The legacy-hunter’s history concluded.
Nil mihi das vivus: dicis, post fata daturum. Si non es stultus, scis, Maro, quid cupiam. MART. Lib. xi. 67. …
No. 197. The history of a legacy-hunter.
Cujus vulturis hoc erit cadaver? MART. Lib. vi. Ep. lxii. 4. Say, to what vulture’s share this carcase falls? F. …
No. 196. Human opinions mutable. The hopes of youth fallacious.
Whoever reviews the state of his own mind will have no reason to imagine such changes of sentiment peculiar to any station or character.