The Works of HoraceMacmillan, 1887 - 274 pages |
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... Mæcenas ; for without all of them the life of Horace had been quite different , and literature had been without one of its most charming authors . No doubt even the childhood of Horace had influence upon his future life . He was born ...
... Mæcenas ; for without all of them the life of Horace had been quite different , and literature had been without one of its most charming authors . No doubt even the childhood of Horace had influence upon his future life . He was born ...
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... Mæcenas . How bravely Horace answered this taunt , every reader of the poet knows . Indeed , he owed all to his father . If he had not given his son such a liberal education , Horace would probably have passed his days in the obscure ...
... Mæcenas . How bravely Horace answered this taunt , every reader of the poet knows . Indeed , he owed all to his father . If he had not given his son such a liberal education , Horace would probably have passed his days in the obscure ...
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... Mæcenas , might be learned in both tongues . How Horace's father obtained the means to send his son to Athens we may well wonder , when we consider the expense of an education at that fashionable University . Horace , at the time he ...
... Mæcenas , might be learned in both tongues . How Horace's father obtained the means to send his son to Athens we may well wonder , when we consider the expense of an education at that fashionable University . Horace , at the time he ...
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... Mæcenas himself , to literature . He was diffident and shy , and his speech was broken and stammering . He told the simple truth of himself , his father , his means . Few were the words of the patron in reply . Mæcenas did not give his ...
... Mæcenas himself , to literature . He was diffident and shy , and his speech was broken and stammering . He told the simple truth of himself , his father , his means . Few were the words of the patron in reply . Mæcenas did not give his ...
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... Mæcenas ' house is a happy one , because all live there as friends , free from envy and intrigue . Horace cares that his friends should like his writings , and would grieve if they found no pleasure in reading them . When he has ...
... Mæcenas ' house is a happy one , because all live there as friends , free from envy and intrigue . Horace cares that his friends should like his writings , and would grieve if they found no pleasure in reading them . When he has ...
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