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, …
Author Archives: Samuel Johnson
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.
No. 195. A young nobleman’s introduction to the knowledge of the town.
Favours of every kind are doubled when they are speedily conferred. This is particularly true of the gratification of curiosity.
No. 194. A young nobleman’s progress in politeness.
Si damnosa senem juvat alea, ludit et heres Bullatus, parvoque eadem movet arma fritillo. JUV. Sat. xiv. 4. If gaming …
No. 193. The author’s art of praising himself.
Laudis amore tumes? sunt certa piacula, quoe te Ter pure lecto poterunt recreare libello. HOR. Lib. i. Ep. i. 36. …