Chap. X. Ufufcapio is an entire word, and used in Chap. XI. The fignification of " levitas" and "nequitia" is not that which we ufually give them 80 Chap. XII. Of the garments called chiridota- Chap. XIV. Of the three kinds of eloquence, and Chap. XV. The feverity with which thieves were Chap. XVI. Paffage from Marcus Varro's fatire, Chap. XVII. Converfation with an ignorant and Chap. XIX. Hiftory taken from the Annals con- cerning Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, father of the Chap. XX. That Virgil, because he was refused water by the inhabitants of Nola, erafed the word "Nola" from his verfe, and inferted "Ora," with other pleasant obfervations on the harmonious found of Page 112 letters Chap. XXI. Why quoad vivet and quoad morietur exprefs the fame point of time, though the expreffion is taken from two contrary facts 115 Chap. XXII. That the cenfors were accustomed to take away their horfes from fuch knights as were too fat and corpulent.-Enquiry made whether this is done with difgrace of the knights, or without any diminution of their dignity 116 BOOK VIII. Chap. I. Whether the phrafe hefterna noctu is proper or not.-What is the grammatical tradition concerning these words.-The decemviri, in the Twelve Tables, ufed nox for noctu 118 Chap. II. Ten words pointed out to me by Favorinus, which, though used by the Greeks, are spurious and barbarous-Ten likewife which I pointed out to him of common and popular use among the Latins, but which are not properly Latin, nor to be found in old books 120 Chap. III. The manner in which Peregrinus the philofopher, in my hearing, feverely rebuked a Roman youth of equeftrian rank, for standing in his prefence in a careless manner, and yawning repeatedly C 2 121 Chap Chap. IV. Herodotus, the most celebrated histórian, falfely afferts, that the pine-tree alone, of all trees, when cut down, never puts forth fhoots from the fame root. The fame perfon, concerning rain-water and fnow, has affumed for granted, what has not been fufficiently explored Page 122 Chap. V. The meaning of coelum ftare pulvere in Virgil, and how Lucilius bas ufed pectus fentibus ftare 123 Chap. VI. When after trifling difputes, a reconciliation takes place, mutual expoftulations can do no good. Difcourfe of Taurus on this fubject, with a passage taken from the writings of Theophraftus.-Cicero's opinion, de amore amicitiæ, in his own words 124 Chap. VII. Obfervations on the nature and power of memory, from the book of Aristotle entitled Tεp μνήμης. -Certain examples therein read or heard of, concerning its extraordinary strength or deficiency 125 Chap. VIII. That I have been accustomed to interpret, and have endeavoured to render faithfully in Latin, certain paffages from Plato 127 Chap. IX. Theophraftus, the most elegant philofopher of his age, when about to address a few words to the people of Athens, from an emotion of bashfulness, became filent. The fame thing happened to Demofthenes, when speaking to king Philip 128 Chap. X. A difpute I had at Eleufs with a certain conceited grammarian, who was ignorant of the tenfes of verbs, and the common exercises of a schoolboy; but who oftentatiously propofed intricate questions, and bugbears to catch the minds of the vulgar 130 Chap. Chap. XI. The facetious reply of Socrates to his wife Xantippe, requesting him to be fomewhat more liberal in giving an entertainment at the feast of Bacchus Page 130 Chap. XII. The meaning of the phrafe plerique omnes in the old books, and that these words feem borrowed from the Greeks 131 Chap. XIII. The word quopfones, which the Africans ufe, is a Greek and not a Carthaginian word 132 Chap. XIV. A very pleafant difpute of the philofopher Favorinus, with a certain intemperate opponent, arguing on the ambiguity of words.-Certain words applied in an unusual manner, from the poet Nævius, and from Cnæus Gellius.-Origin of words investigated by Publius Nigidius 132 Chap. XV. The manner in which the poet Laberius was ignominiously treated by Caius Cafar.-Verfes by the fame Laberius on this fubject 133 Chap. I. The reafon why Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, in the nineteenth Book of his Annals, has obferved, that a mark was struck with greater effect and certainty, when the projection was to take place upwards, than if it were downwards 135 Chap. II. The words in which Herodes Atticus reproved one who, with the dress and babit, faljely affumed the title and manner of a philofopher 139 Chap. Chap. III. The letter of King Philip to Ariftotle the philofopher, on the birth of Alexander Page 143 Chap. IV. Of the prodigies and miracles of barbarous nations; of their horrid and deftructive fafcinationsand of women who were fuddenly turned into men 145 Chap. V. Different opinions of eminent philofophers concerning the nature of pleasure.-Words of Hierocles the philofopher, in which he opposes the decrees of Epi curus 153 Chap. VI. How the frequentative verb from ago is to be pronounced in the first vowel 156 Chap. VII. Of the change of leaves on the olivetree on the first day of winter and fummer. Of musical ftrings founding at that time without being ftruck 158 Chap. VIII. He who has much, must neceffarily want much. The opinion of Favorinus the philofopher on this subject expreffed with elegant brevity 160 Chap. IX. Manner of transferring Greek fentiments into Latin compofitions. Of thofe verses of Homer which Virgil has been thought to have imitated well and elegantly, or the contrary 162 Chap. X. That Annæus Cornutus has injured, by an unjust and odious calumny, thofe lines of Virgil wherein be, with modest reserve, fpeaks of the matrimonial intercourse betwixt Venus and Vulcan 169 Chap. XI. Of Valerius Corvinus, and why called Corvinus 171 Chap. XII. Of words which are ujed with two ppofite fignifications 174 Chap. |