The Ambitious and the Covetous

(says he)

are Madmen to all Intents and Purposes, as much as those who are shut up in dark Rooms; but they have the good Luck to have Numbers on their Side; whereas the Frenzy of one who is given up for a Lunatick, is a Frenzy

hors d'oeuvre; that is, in other Words, something which is singular in its Kind, and does not fall in with the Madness of a Multitude.

The Subject of this Essay was occasioned by a Letter which I received not long since, and which, for want of Room at present, I shall insert in my next Paper.

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[No. 577]Friday, August 6, 1714

—Hoc tolerabile, si non
Et furere incipias—
Juv.

The Letter mentioned in my last Paper is as follows.