No. 142. An account of squire Bluster.
[Greek: Entha d aner eniaue pelorios— —oude, met allous Poleit, all apaneuthen eon athemistia ede. Kai gar Oaum etetukto …
Author Archives: Samuel Johnson
No. 141. The danger of attempting wit in conversation. The character of Papilius.
Hilarisque, tamen cum pondere, virtus. STAT. Greatness with ease, and gay severity. TO THE RAMBLER. SIR, Politicians have long observed, …
No. 140. The criticism continued.
—Quis tam Lucili fautor inepte est, Ut non hoc fateatur? HOR. Lib. i. Sat. x. 2. What doating bigot, to his …
No. 139. A critical examination of Samson Agonistes.
—Sit quod vis simplex duntanat et unum. Hor. Art. Poet. 23. Let ev’ry piece be simple and be one. It …
No. 138. Original characters to be found in the country. The character of Mrs. Busy.
O tantum libeat mecum tibi sordida rura, Atque humiles habitare casas, et figere cervos. VIRG. EC. ii 28. With me …
No. 137. The necessity of literary courage.
Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt. Hor. Lib. i. Sat. ii. 24. —Whilst fools one vice condemn, They run …
No. 136. The meanness and mischief of indiscriminate dedication.
[Greek: Echthrus gar moi keimos, omos aidao pulusin, Os ch eteron men keuthei eni phresin, allo de bazei.] HOMER, …
No. 135. The folly of annual retreats into the country.
Coelum, non animum, mutant. HOR. Lib. i. Ep. xi. 27. Place may be chang’d; but who …
No. 134. Idleness an anxious and miserable state.
Quis scit an adjiciant hodiernae crastina summae Tempora Dii superi? HOR. Lib. iv. Ode vii. 16. Who knows if Heav’n, with …
No. 133. The miseries of a beauty defaced.
Magna quidem, sacris quae dat praecepta libellis Victrix fortune sapientia. Dicimus autem Hos quoque felices, qui ferre incommoda vitae, Nec …