Hast thou a mind tot see what it was I permitted Miss Howe to write to her lovely friend? For that is my pretence, when she comes poking in with her face sharpened to an edge, as I may say, by a curiosity that gives her more pain than pleasure. I will bow, and wave my hand, thus--when I wish to be alone with the lady. The villain Tomlinson looked at me with a rueful face, as if he begged leave to cry for company. She paused--then resuming--and think you, Sir, that my uncle will refuse to receive a letter from me? He that joins instruction with delight, Profit with pleasure, carries all the votes. For as the [496]Princes are, so are the people; _Qualis Rex, talis grex_: and which [497]Antigonus right well said of old, _qui Macedonia regem erudit, omnes etiam subditos erudit_, he that teacheth the king of Macedon, teacheth all his subjects, is a true saying still. After he had done his business, he sailed to Livonia, on set purpose to see those familiar spirits, which are there said to be conversant with men, and do their drudgery works. We are only now to speak in brief of these sublunary spirits or devils: for the rest, our divines determine that the devil had no power over stars, or heavens; [1175]_Carminibus coelo possunt deducere lunam_, &C. Dicam ut homines similes esse aedium arbitremini, Fabri parentes fundamentum substruunt liberorum, Expoliunt, docent literas, nec parcunt sumptui, Ego autem sub fabrorum potestate frugi fui, Postquam autem migravi in ingenium meum, Perdidi operam fabrorum illico oppido, Venit ignavia, ea mihi tempestas fuit, Adventuque suo grandinem et imbrem attulit, Illa mihi virtutem deturbavit," &c. And as [1910]Pliny doth ingenuously confess to his dear friend Augurinus, "all thy writings are most acceptable, but those especially that speak of us.
But what cannot such scoffers do, especially if they find a soft creature, on purchase airline ticket insurance they may work? Ut me levarat tuus adventus, sic discessus afflixit_, (which [2314]Tully writ to Atticus) thy coming was not so welcome to me, as thy departure was harsh. That wandered in the woods sad all alone, Forsaking men's society, making great moan. To discern all which symptoms the better, [2610]Rhasis the Arabian makes three degrees of them.