9 1 6 DISEASES Ct ass III. i . 2. 8. 



Almighty was obliged to me |"-~The fear of Hell is another 

 jnfanity, which will be fpoken of below. 



8. Suptrbiajremmatis. Pride of family has frequently form- 

 ed a maniacal hallucination, which in its mild ftate has confided 

 in agreeable reverie, but when it has been fo painful as to de*. 

 mand homage from others, it has frequently induced infane ex- 

 ertions. This infanity feems to have exifted in the flourifhing 

 ftate of Rome, as now all over Germany, and is attacked by Ju-* 

 venal with great feverity, a fmall part of which I (hall here give 

 %l a method of cure. Sat. 8. 



Say, what avails the pedigree, that brings 

 Thy boafted line from heroes or from kings ; 

 Though many a mighty lord, in parchment rolPd, 

 Name after name, thy coxcomb hands unfold ; 

 Though wreathed patriots crowd thy marble halls, 

 Or fteel-clad warriors frown along the walls ; 

 While on broad canvas in the gilded frame 

 All virtues flourifh, and all glories flame ?«— > 

 Say, — if ere noon with idiot laugh you lie 

 Wallowing in wine, or cog the dubious die, 

 Or aft unfhamed, by each indignant buft, 



The midnight orgies of promifcuous luft ! m 



Go, lead mankind to. Virtue's holy fhrine, 

 With morals mend them, and with arts refine, 

 Or lift, with golden characters unfurl'd, 

 The flag of peace, and fave a warring world I— •. 

 ■ — So fhall with pious hands immortal Fame 

 Wreathe all her laurels round thy honour'd name, 

 High o'er thy tomb with chiffel bold engrave, 

 " The truly noble are the good and brave." 



9, ^mbitio. Inordinate defire of fame. A careleiTnefs about 

 the opinions of others is faid by Xenophon to be the fource of 

 impudence *, certainly a proper regard for what others think of 

 us frequently incites us to virtuous actions, and e'eters us from 

 vicious ones ; and increafes our happinefs by enlarging our 

 iphere of fympathy, and by flattering our vanity. 



■Abftra<5t. what others feci, what others think, 

 All pleafures ficken, and all glories fink. 



Pope. 



When this reverie of ambition excites to conquer nations, or 

 to enflave them, it has been the fource of innumerable wars, and 

 the occafion of a great devaftation of mankind. Csefar is re- 

 ported to have boafted, that he had deftroyed three millions of 

 his enemies, and one million of his friends. 



The works of Homer are fuppofed to have done great injury to 

 mankind by infpiring the Jove of military glory. Alexander was 

 laid to fieep with them always on his pillow. How like a mad 



butcher 



