Horace. 65-8 b. c.
Brave men were living before Agamemnon.[706:4]
Odes. iv. 9, 25.
In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.[706:5]
Satires, ii. 2. (111.)
You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared-for hide,... a hog from Epicurus's herd.[706:6]
Satires, ii. 4, 15.
What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could effect.[706:7]
Epistles, i. 12, 19.
If you wish me to weep, you yourself must feel grief.[706:8]
Ars Poetica. 102.
The mountains will be in labour; an absurd mouse will be born.[706:9]
Ars Poetica. 139.
Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.[706:10]
Ars Poetica. 359.
Footnotes
[706:4] See Byron, page 555.
[706:5] See Washington, page 425.
[706:6] See Mason, page 393.
[706:7] See Burke, page 409.
[706:8] See Churchill, page 412.
[706:9] A mountain was in labour, sending forth dreadful groans, and there was in the region the highest expectation. After all, it brought forth a mouse.—Phædrus: Fables, iv. 22, 1.
The old proverb was now made good: "The mountain had brought forth a mouse."—Plutarch: Life of Agesilaus II.
[706:10] See Pope, page 323.
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