The Spectator, No. 10 (12 March 1711) [ Practices ]
… flumine lembum Remegiis subigit: si brachia forte remisit, Atque illum in praeceps prono rapit alveus amni.-Virg. It is with much Satisfaction that I hear this great City inquiring Day by Day after these my Papers, and receiving my Morning Lectures with a becoming Seriousness and Attention. Mv Publisher tells me, that there are already Three Thousand of them … to make their Instruction agreeable, and their Diversion useful. For which Reasons I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality, that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways find their account in the …
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