No. 22. An allegory on wit and learning.
Wit and Learning were the children of Apollo, by different mothers.
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No. 21. The anxieties of literature not less than those of publick stations. The inequality of authors’ writings.
Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine, that he possesses some qualities, superior, either in kind or in degree, to those which he sees allotted to the rest of the world
No. 20. The folly and inconvenience of affectation.
Affectation is to be always distinguished from hypocrisy, as being the art of counterfeiting those qualities which we might be known to want.
No. 19. The danger of ranging from one study to another. The importance of the early choice of a profession.
The importance of the early choice of a profession.
No. 18. The unhappiness of marriage caused by irregular motives of choice.
Marriage, though the dictate of nature, and the institution of Providence, is yet very often the cause of misery.
No. 17. The frequent contemplation of death necessary to moderate the passions.
It is always pleasing to observe, how much more our minds can conceive, than our bodies can perform
No. 16. The dangers and miseries of a literary eminence.
This I have now fatally experienced; the press is, indeed, open.
No. 15. The folly of cards. A letter from a lady that has lost her money.
Young persons are commonly inclined to slight the remarks and counsels of their elders.
No. 15. The folly of cards. A letter from a lady that has lost her money.
I cannot but suspect that this odious fashion is produced by a conspiracy of the old, the ugly, and the ignorant, against the young and beautiful.
No. 14. The difference between an author’s writings and his conversation.
This expectation is, indeed, specious and probable, and yet, such is the fate of all human hopes, that it is very often frustrated.