...Quiritibus Ignotus moritnr fibi. ns£t*s per taciturn fluat. . . LEt him that will, afcend the tott'ring Seat Of Courtly Grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting Wifties; as for me, Letfweet Repofe, and Reft my portion be; Give me fome mean oblcure Recefi ; a Sphere...

...incukat, (t>i'i notiis nhnis omnibus* Ignotus moritur sibi. Let him that will ascend the tottering sfat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his...road of business, or the fear Of falling lower; where 1 sweetly may Myself and dear retirement still enjoy : Let not my life or name be known unto The grandees...

...dies, Flebeius moriar senex. Illl mors grauis incubal, Qui notus nimis omnibus. Jgnotus moritur sill. Let him that will ascend the tottering seat Of courtly...sweet repose and rest my portion be. Give me some mean ol-scure recess ; a sphere Out of the road of business, or the fear Of falling lower ; where I sweetly...

...which lie so feelingly describes, in the following translation from Seneca's Thyestes. Let him,'that will, ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur,...me. Let sweet repose and rest my portion be. Give me seme mean obscure recess; a sphere Out of the road of business, or the fear Of falling lower; where...

...dies, Plebeius moriar senex. Illi mors gravis incubat, Qui notus nimis omnibus, Ignotus moritur sibi. Let him that will ascend the tottering seat Of courtly...me some mean obscure recess ; a sphere Out of the coad of business, or the fear Of falling lower ; where I sweetly may Myself and dear retirement still...

...translated out of the Latin by himself:— Let him that'lwill ascend the tottering seat Of courtly gftndeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes. As...Give me some mean obscure recess, a sphere Out of tha road of bus'ness, or the fear Of falling lower ; where I sweetly may Myself and dear retirement...

...that will, ascend the totterring seat " Of courtly grandeur, and become as ^reat " As are his mountain wishes: as for me, ** Let sweet repose and rest my...sphere " Out of the road of business, or the fear D 3 " Of falling lower, where I sweetly may " Myself and dear retirement still enjoy. " Let not my...

...as moderate, with whom he must have been intimate during his residence there. " Let him that would, ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes ; but for me, Let sweet repose and rest my portion be. HENRV FOREST, Curate. Honour, the idol which...

...wrote the following verses: Let him who will ascend the anxious seat Of courtly grandeur, let him be as great As are his mounting wishes; as for me, Let sweet repose and rest my portion be, Out of the road of business, or the fear Of falling lower in this mortal sphere. He dismissed all his...

...of this, that most excellent poem of my Lord Hale, (the sense of which is borrowed from a heathen,) Let him that will ascend the tottering seat Of courtly...as for me, Let sweet repose and rest my portion be. Let my age Slide gently by, not overthwart the stage Of public action, unheard, unseen. And unconcern'd...