that the Merchant paid so dear for his Ambition. 'Tis the Misfortune of many other Gentlemen to turn out of the Seats of their Ancestors, to make way for such new Masters as have been more exact in their Accounts than themselves; and certainly he deserves the Estate a great deal better, who has got it by his Industry, than he who has lost it by his Negligence.
T.
Punica fides.
| [No. 175] | Thursday, September 20, 1711 | Budgell |
Proximus à tectis ignis defenditur ægre:
Ov. Rem. Am.