No. 376Monday, May 12, 1712. Steele. ‘–Pavone ex Pythagoreo–‘ Persius. Mr. SPECTATOR, I have observed that the Officer you some time ago appointed as Inspector of Signs, has not done his Duty so well as to give you an Account of very many strange Occurrences in the publick Streets, which are worthy of, but have […]

No. 368Friday, May 2, 1712. Steele. ‘Nos decebatLugere ubi esset aliquis in lucem editusHumanae vitae varia reputantes mala;At qui labores morte finisset gravesOmnes amices laude et laetitia exequi.’ Eurip. apud Tull. As the Spectator is in a Kind a Paper of News from the natural World, as others are from the busy and politick Part […]

No. 370Monday, May 5, 1712. Steele. ‘Totus Mundus agit Histrionem.’ Many of my fair Readers, as well as very gay and well-received Persons of the other Sex, are extremely perplexed at the Latin Sentences at the Head of my Speculations; I do not know whether I ought not to indulge them with Translations of each […]

No. 372Wednesday, May 7, 1712. Steele. ‘Pudet haec opprobria nobis [Et dici potuisse et non potuisse refelli.]’ Ovid. May 6, 1712. Mr. SPECTATOR, I am Sexton of the Parish of Covent-Garden, and complained to you some time ago, that as I was tolling in to Prayers at Eleven in the Morning, Crowds of People of […]

No. 364Monday, April 28, 1712. Steele. ‘[–Navibus [1]] atque Quadrigis petimus bene vivere.’ Hor. Mr. SPECTATOR, [2] A Lady of my Acquaintance, for whom I have too much Respect to be easy while she is doing an indiscreet Action, has given occasion to this Trouble: She is a Widow, to whom the Indulgence of a […]

No. 366Wednesday, April 30, 1712. Steele. ‘Pone me pigris ubi nulla campisArbor aestiva recreatur aura,Dulce ridentem Lalagen amabo,Dulce loquentem.’ Hor. There are such wild Inconsistencies in the Thoughts of a Man in love, that I have often reflected there can be no reason for allowing him more Liberty than others possessed with Frenzy, but that […]

No. 360Wednesday, April 23, 1712. Steele. –De paupertate tacentes Plus poscente ferent. Hor. I have nothing to do with the Business of this Day, any further than affixing the piece of Latin on the Head of my Paper; which I think a Motto not unsuitable, since if Silence of our Poverty is a Recommendation, still […]

No. 362Friday, April 25, 1712. Steele. Laudibus arguitur Vini vinosus– Hor. Temple, Apr. 24. Mr. SPECTATOR, Several of my Friends were this Morning got together over a Dish of Tea in very good Health, though we had celebrated Yesterday with more Glasses than we could have dispensed with, had we not been beholden to Brooke […]

No. 356Friday, [1] April 18, 1712. Steele. Aptissima quaeque dabunt Dii, Charior est illis homo quam sibi. Juv. It is owing to Pride, and a secret Affectation of a certain Self-Existence, that the noblest Motive for Action that ever was proposed to Man, is not acknowledged the Glory and Happiness of their Being. The Heart […]

No. 358Monday, April 21, 1702. Steele. Desipere in loco. Hor. Charles Lillie attended me the other day, and made me a Present of a large Sheet of Paper, on which is delineated a Pavement of Mosaick Work, lately discovered at Stunsfield near Woodstock. [1] A Person who has so much the Gift of Speech as […]

No. 352Monday, April 14, 1712. Steele. Si ad honestatem nati sumus, ea aut sola expetenda est, aut certe omni pondere gravior est habenda quam reliqua omnia. Tull. Will. Honeycomb was complaining to me yesterday, that the Conversation of the Town is so altered of late Years, that a fine Gentleman is at a loss for […]

No. 354Wednesday, April 16, 1712. Steele. –Cum magnis virtutibus affers Grande supercilium– Juv. Mr. SPECTATOR, You have in some of your Discourses describ’d most sorts of Women in their distinct and proper Classes, as the Ape, the Coquet, and many others; but I think you have never yet said anything of a Devotee. A Devotee […]

No. 348Wednesday, April 9, 1712. Steele. Invidiam placare paras virtute relicta? Hor. Mr. SPECTATOR, I have not seen you lately at any of the Places where I visit, so that I am afraid you are wholly unacquainted with what passes among my part of the World, who are, tho I say it, without Controversy, the […]

No. 350Friday, April 11, 1712. Steele. Ea animi elatio quae cernitur in periculis, si Justitia vacat pugnatque pro suis commodis, in vitio est. Tull. CAPTAIN SENTREY was last Night at the Club, and produced a Letter from Ipswich, which his Correspondent desired him to communicate to his Friend the SPECTATOR. It contained an Account of […]

No. 344Friday, April 4, 1712. Steele. In solo vivendi causa palato est. Juv. Mr. SPECTATOR, I think it has not yet fallen into your Way to discourse on little Ambition, or the many whimsical Ways Men fall into, to distinguish themselves among their Acquaintance: Such Observations, well pursued, would make a pretty History of low […]

No. 346 Monday, April 7, 1712. Steele. Consuetudinem benignitatis largitioni Munerum longe antepono. Haec est Gravium hominum atque Magnorum; Illa quasi assentatorum populi, multitudinis levitatem voluptate quasi titillantium. Tull. When we consider the Offices of humane Life, there is, methinks, something in what we ordinarily call Generosity, which when carefully examined, seems to flow rather […]

No. 342Wednesday, April 2, 1712. Steele. Justitiae partes sunt non violare homines: Verecundiae non offendere. Tull. As Regard to Decency is a great Rule of Life in general, but more especially to be consulted by the Female World, I cannot overlook the following Letter which describes an egregious Offender. Mr. SPECTATOR, I was this Day […]

No. 340Monday, March 31, 1712. Steele. Quis novus hic nostris successit sedibus Hospes? Quem sese Ore ferens! quam forti Pectore et Armis! Virg. I take it to be the highest Instance of a noble Mind, to bear great Qualities without discovering in a Man’s Behaviour any Consciousness that he is superior to the rest of […]

No. 334Monday, March 24, 1712. Steele Voluisti in suo Genere, unumquemque nostrum quasi quendam esse Roscium, dixistique non tam ea quae recta essent probari, quam quae prava sunt fastidiis adhaerescere. Cicero de Gestu. It is very natural to take for our whole Lives a light Impression of a thing which at first fell into Contempt […]

No. 336Wednesday, March 26, 1712. Steele. –Clament periisse pudorem Cuncti pene patres, ea cum reprehendere coner, Quae gravis AEsopus, quae doctus Roscius egit: Vel quia nil rectum, nisi quod placuit sibi, ducunt; Vel quia turpe putant parere minoribus, et, quae Imberbes didicere, senes perdenda fateri. Hor. Mr. SPECTATOR, As you are the daily Endeavourer to […]