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Page 14 - Aquilonibus arcet, regis opus, sterilisve diu palus aptaque remis 65 vicinas urbes alit et grave sentit aratrum, seu cursum mutavit iniquum frugibus amnis, doctus iter melius : mortalia facta peribunt ; nedum sermonum stet honos et gratia vivax. multa renascentur quae iam cecidere, cadentque 70 quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus, quem penes arbitrium est et ius et norma loquendi.
Page 80 - Hoc, aiebat, et hoc.' Melius te posse negares Bis terque expertum frustra, delere jubebat 440 Et male tornatos incudi reddere versus. Si defendere delictum quam vertere malles, Nullum ultra verbum aut operam insumebat inanem, Quin sine rivali teque et tua solus amares. Vir bonus et prudens versus reprehendet inertes...
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| Title | The Art of poetry of Horace, with free and explanatory tr. in prose and verse by D. Bagot |
| Authors | Horace, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Daniel Bagot |
| Translated by | Daniel Bagot |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | W. Blackwood & Sons, 1880 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 4 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 85 pages |
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