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THE

WORKS OF HORACE;

WITH

ENGLISH NOTES,

AND

A LIFE OF HORACE,

BY EDWARD MOORE, M.A.

TO WHICH IS APPENDED

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE METRES,

BY CHARLES BECK, P.D.,

PROFESSOR OF LATIN IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE.

REVISED EDITION.

CAMBRIDGE:

PUBLISHED BY JOHN BARTLETT

Bookseller to the University.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by

JOHN BARTLETT,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

TEAUX LIBRARY

NEW YORK

PREFACE.

ALTHOUGH the editor is well aware that there are several editions of Horace which are highly and deservedly esteemed, he yet believes that many teachers have felt the want which he has himself experienced, and which he has here endeavoured to supply, that, namely, of an edition of this valuable author, which should be better adapted to the requirements of students; which should explain all real difficulties clearly and concisely, and yet call upon the student for research and perseverance; which should, in a word, incite him to study, and not relieve him from the necessity of it. If the editor has succeeded in this, his principal object, he will be amply satisfied with the result of his labors, and will consider it of comparatively small importance if, according to the judgment of abler scholars, he has in some instances failed to elucidate the author's real meaning.

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