No. 4. Charities and hospitals.
The devotion of life or fortune to the succour of the poor, is a height of virtue, to which humanity has never risen by its own power.
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No. 3. Idler’s reason for writing.
Otia vitae Solamur cantu. STAT. It has long been the complaint of those who frequent the theatres, that all the …
No. 2. Invitation to correspondents.
Toto non quater anno Membranam.—HOR. Lib. ii. Sat. iii. 1. Many positions are often on the tongue, and seldom in …
No. 1. The Idler’s character.
Vacui sub umbra Lusimus.—Hor. Lib. i. Ode xxxii. 1. Those who attempt periodical essays seem to be often stopped in …