[275] No. 264.
[276] Several passages from the "Advice to a Daughter," by George Savile, Marquis of Halifax, were used in Steele's "Ladies' Library" (1714).
[277] Horace, I Sat. ix. 26.
[No. 269. [Steele.]
From Tuesday, Dec. 26, to Thursday, Dec. 28, 1710.
----Hæ nugæ seria ducent
In mala.——
Hor., Ars Poet. 451.
From my own Apartment, Dec. 27.
I find my correspondents are universally offended at me for taking notice so seldom of their letters, and fear people have taken the advantage of my silence to go on in their errors; for which reason I shall hereafter be more careful to answer all lawful questions and just complaints as soon as they come to my hands. The two following epistles relate to very great mischiefs in the most important articles of life, love, and friendship: