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25. It is Wickedness to deceive any one, and much more a Parent, by a Lie.

26. No great Art is required to force a Man to do that, to which he is naturally prone.

27. It is for the Law to persuade, and not to compel all Things by Threats and Force.

28. It is no Fortitude, but Madness, for a Man causelessly to fling himself into Danger of his Life.

29. Young Men must reverence their Elders; and, from among them, select the best and worthiest, on whose Advice and Authority they may rely.

30. I think it is the part of a wise Man to be cautious not to expose himself, by any indiscreet Word or Action, to the Resentment of those in Power.

31. It is the part of a wise Man to hope for the best; to be prepared for the worst; and to bear with Equanimity whatever may happen.

32. It is a sign of a great Affection, not to accept the Apology of a Friend for a short Letter, altho' you are assured that it is founded in Reason.

33. None but the most abandoned Wretch, would at the same Time violate the Laws of Friendship, and deceive the Man who would not otherwise have been injured, if he had not trusted him.

34. He thought proper to steer a middle Course, when it was mean to yield, and Obstinacy to resist. 35. It is for the curious to wish to know every Thing but it is the property of great Men to be led by the Contemplation of sublime Objects.

36. It is not for him, who measures the greatest Evil by Pain, to mention Virtue.

Excipiuntur hi Nominativi, &c.

THIS is an Exception to the latter part of the foregoing Rule (id quod ad rem quampiam pertinet); as, meum, tuum, suum, nostrum, vestrum, humanum, belluinum, and the like, are excepted: for in rendering the English, It is my part, it is thine, &c. into Latin, you must not say, Est mei, est tui, &c. but put the Possessive in the Neuter Gender, to agree with Officium understood, or the Sentence.

1. It belongs not to me to mind your Business. 2. It is my duty to promise you, that all my Services, Cares, and Thoughts, shall be exerted in those Things, which tend to your Interest and Glory.

3. It is my part to suffer all Things alike.

4. It is your part to forgive me, if any Thing hath happened that could not be expected.

5. It becomes you to act agreeably to the Circumstance of the Times, and to have Regard to the Preservation of your Life and Fortune.

6. It is our part to know how, and where it is necessary to obey.

7. It is our duty to know when and where to be complaisant to a Friend.

S. It is your part, who are Servants, to do what ye are coinmanded; not to enquire what is the Reason of doing it.

9. It does not become you to be in a Passion for so slight a Matter.

10. As I have taken care that the wicked Intentions of these presumptuous Wretches should

not affect you, it is your part to take care that they may never injure me.

11. It is beastly to be dissolved in luxurious Sloth.

12. It is brutal, and unworthy a Man, to place his Felicity in the Gratification of his Senses.

13. It is enough not to raise those up again, who have fallen by their own Imprudence; but to oppress those that are down, or to encourage the violent, is certainly inhuman.

14. To return Good for Evil, is the part of a Man.

15. 'Tis common for a Man to be angry; but a wise Man will take Care to moderate his Passion.

Verba accusandi, damnandi, &c.

VERBS, I. Of Accusing, (as, accuso, incuso, insimulo, urgeo, alligo, astringo, arguo, coarguo, ago, appello, arcesso, inquiro, postulo.) II. Of Condemning, (as damno, condemno, infamo, noto.) III. Of Admonishing, Remembering, Warning. (as, moneo, commoneo, commonefacio.) IV. Of Acquitting, or Clearing, (as, absolvo, purgo, libero, &c.) will have not only the Accusative of the Person accused, condemned, acquitted, &c. but also a Genitive of the Crime or Action, whereof the Person is accused, acquitted, &c.-de crimine, or the like Noun, being understood: the Signs are, of, for, from,

or with.

I. ACCUSING.

1. He that is not contented with his Lot, accuses the Gods of Injustice.

2. It is a common Thing, for prodigal Servants to accuse their Masters of Covetousness; and idle Boys, their Teachers of Cruelty.

3. To charge a Man with Hypocrisy, without some plain and manifest Indication of it, is to judge his Heart, which yet we do not know.'

4. Rich Men are not always so happy as they are imagined for their Wealth sometimes only serves to make them be accused of high Crimes; when to evade the Law, they are forced to pay a large sum of Money.

5. You seem amazed, as if I had accused you of some gross Crime..

6. You accuse my Master of Avarice: I shall not take it patiently.

7. Bear Witness, he owns himself a Thief: that is enough.

8. Seeing the Master and Servant together, he accused them both of Theft.

9. This we must diligently observe;--not to accuse an innocent Person of a capital Crime for this is a most inhuman and wicked Action.

II. CONDEMNING.

1. If you condemn me of Prodigality, take Care lest I condemn you of Covetousness.

2. Many Men had rather be condemned of Kna-· very than Folly, and of Treason than Cowardice.".

3. When a Man does not condemn me of Silence, nor Talkativeness, it is a good Argument, that I am moderate and unblameable in both.

4. Tho' they happened to miscarry, there was no Reason that any one should condemn them of Rashness.

III. ADMONISHING..

1. He that take the Liberty to tell others of their Faults, and rebukes them to their very Face, is a better Friend, than he that out of Love flatters them.

2. If a Man cannot endure to be told of his Faults, it is a certain Sign he is in the very Way to be undone.

3. Such a Pride there is in Men's Hearts, that they hate to be told of their Faults, tho' it be with no other intent, but that they should amend them.

4. Whenever I see your Child, it puts me in Mind of my Misfortune, in losing a Son of the same Age.

5. There was no one, who by that Speech was not put in Mind of your Wickedness and Cruelty.

IV. ACQUITTING, &c.

1. If a Man repents of a good Office done me; grows insolent upon it, and upbraids me with it, Í am in some Degree, more or less, acquitted of the Obligation.

2. He is acquitted of Ingratitude, who sincerely wishes it was in his Power to make a Return.

3. No Unkindness, no Fault of the Parent, can acquit the Child of his Duty: Children must do their Duty, not only to kind and virtuous Parents, but even to the harsh and wicked.

4. Tho' the Fact was proved against him, yet it being plain he designed no Injury, he was acquitted of Improbity.

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