The Works of Horace, with English NotesSever, Francis & Company, 1869 - 588 pages |
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Page viii
... writing verses , with the view , perhaps , of bringing himself into notice , rather than for the purpose of making money by their sale . By some means he managed to get a place as scriba § in the Quæstor's office , whether by purchase ...
... writing verses , with the view , perhaps , of bringing himself into notice , rather than for the purpose of making money by their sale . By some means he managed to get a place as scriba § in the Quæstor's office , whether by purchase ...
Page x
... written after the establishment of peace . Some may have been written before , and probably were . But for some reason it would seem that he gave himself more to lyric poetry after his thirty - fifth year than he had done before . He ...
... written after the establishment of peace . Some may have been written before , and probably were . But for some reason it would seem that he gave himself more to lyric poetry after his thirty - fifth year than he had done before . He ...
Page xi
... writing , and have helped him to produce the fourth book , a few pieces in which may have been written at any time . It is said that Augustus particularly desired Horace to publish an- other book of Odes , in order that those he wrote ...
... writing , and have helped him to produce the fourth book , a few pieces in which may have been written at any time . It is said that Augustus particularly desired Horace to publish an- other book of Odes , in order that those he wrote ...
Page 239
... written as a dedication to Maecenas of the three first books , when they were collectively published , probably in the forty- second year of Horace's age , B. c . 24. He says that different men have different tastes ; the Greek loves ...
... written as a dedication to Maecenas of the three first books , when they were collectively published , probably in the forty- second year of Horace's age , B. c . 24. He says that different men have different tastes ; the Greek loves ...
Page 242
... written on the return of Augustus to Rome , after the taking of Alexandria , when the civil wars were brought to a close and the temple of Janus was shut , B. C. 29. Horace here urges Augustus to take upon himself the task of reducing ...
... written on the return of Augustus to Rome , after the taking of Alexandria , when the civil wars were brought to a close and the temple of Janus was shut , B. C. 29. Horace here urges Augustus to take upon himself the task of reducing ...
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