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Addison. ... Jovis omnia plena. Virg. As I was walking this Morning in the great Yard that belongs to my Friend's Country House, I was wonderfully pleased to see the different Workings of Instinct in a Hen followed by a Brood of Ducks.
I shall only beg pardon for such a profusion of Latin quotations; which I should not have made use of, but that I feared my own judgment would have looked too singular on such a subject, had not I supported it by the practice and authority of Virgil. Animum pictura pascit inani. VIRG., AEn. i. 464. And with the shadowy picture feeds his mind.
Virg. Though what we have to fear or hope from cities that have grown corrupted has already been discussed, still I think it not out of place to notice a resolution passed by the senate touching the vow which Camillus made to Apollo of a tenth of the spoil taken from the Veientines.
... Haret lateri lethalis arundo. Virg. This agreeable Seat is surrounded with so many pleasing Walks, which are struck out of a Wood, in the midst of which the House stands, that one can hardly ever be weary of rambling from one Labyrinth of Delight to another.
I know not what I think or say, when that melancholy Reflection comes upon me; but shall only add more, that it is in your Power to make me your Grateful Wife, but never your Abandoned Mistress. No. 200. Friday, October 19, 1711. Steele. 'Vincit Amor Patriae. Virg. The Ambition of Princes is many times as hurtful to themselves as to their People.
Wortley opened it, read it, and would not return it. 'No, James, he said, 'you shall be a great man. This letter must appear in the Spectator. And so it did. No. 72. Wednesday, May 23, 1711. Addison. ... Genus immortale manet, multosque per annos Stat fortuna Domus, et avi numerantur avorum. Virg.
Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hic labor est. VIRG. AEn. vi. 126. The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return and view the cheerful skies; In this the task and mighty labour lies.
To conclude, as I am a compound of soul and body, I consider myself as obliged to a double scheme of duties; and think I have not fulfilled the business of the day when I do not thus employ the one in labour and exercise, as well as the other in study and contemplation. No. 116. Vocat ingenti clamore Cithaeron, Taygetique canes. Virg. Georg. iii. v. 43.
I have heard in particular, that the Steenkirk arrived but two Months ago at Newcastle, and that there are several Commodes in those Parts which are worth taking a Journey thither to see. No. 130. Monday, July 30, 1711. Addison. ... Semperque recentes Convectare juvat praedas, et vivere rapto. Virg.
No. 97. Thursday, June 21, 1711. Steele. 'Projecere animas. Virg. Among the loose Papers which I have frequently spoken of heretofore, I find a Conversation between Pharamond and Eucrate upon the Subject of Duels, and the Copy of an Edict issued in Consequence of that Discourse.
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