No. 61.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1750.
Falsus honor juvat, et mendax infamia terret,
Quem, nisi mendosum et mendacem?
Hor. Lib. i. Ep. xvi. 39.
False praise can charm, unreal shame controul,
Whom but a vicious or a sickly soul?
Francis.
TO THE RAMBLER.
SIR,
It is extremely vexatious to a man of eager and thirsty curiosity to be placed at a great distance from the fountain of intelligence, and not only never to receive the current of report till it has satiated the greatest part of the nation, but at last to find it mudded in its course, and corrupted with taints or mixtures from every channel through which it flowed.