No. 112. Too much nicety not to be indulged. The character of Eriphile.
In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui pænam fortis in ipse meain. OVID, Am. Lib. i. vii. 25. Of …
Author Archives: Samuel Johnson
No. 111. Youth made unfortunate by its haste and eagerness.
[Greek: phronein gar hoi tacheis, ouk asphaleis.] SOPHOC. Disaster always waits on early wit. It has been observed, by long …
No. 110. Repentance stated and explained. Retirement and abstinence useful to repentance.
At nobis vita, dominum quarentibus unum Lux iter est, et clara dies, et gratia simplex. Spem sequimur, gradimurque fide, fruimurque …
No. 109. The education of a fop.
Gratum est, quod patria; civem populoque dedisti, Si facis, ut patria; sit idoneus, utilis agris, Utilis et bellorum et pacis …
No. 108. Life sufficient to all purposes if well employed.
Sapere aude: Incipe. Vivendi recte qui prorogat horam, Rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis; at ille Labitur et labetur in omne …
No. 107. Properantia’s hopes of a year of confusion. The misery of prostitutes.
Alternis igitur contendere versibns ambo Coepere: alternos Musoe meminisse volebant. VIRG. Ec. vii. 18 On themes alternate now the swains …
No. 106. The vanity of an author’s expectations. Reasons why good authors are sometimes neglected.
Opinionum commenta delet dies, natura judicia Confirmat. CICERO, vi. Att. 1. Time obliterates the fictions of opinion, and confirms the …
No. 105. The universal register; a dream.
A universal register, an office, in which every man may lodge an account of whatever he desires to purchase or to sell.
No. 104. The original of flattery. The meanness of venal praise.
It is scarcely credible to what degree discernment may be dazzled by the mist of pride, and wisdom infatuated by the intoxication of flattery.
No. 103. The prevalence of curiosity. The character of Nugaculus.
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristicks of a vigorous intellect.