Horace
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ''Odes'' as just about the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words."Horace also crafted elegant hexameter verses (''Satires'' and ''Epistles'') and caustic iambic poetry (''Epodes''). The hexameters are amusing yet serious works, friendly in tone, leading the ancient satirist Persius to comment: "as his friend laughs, Horace slyly puts his finger on his every fault; once let in, he plays about the heartstrings".
His career coincided with Rome's momentous change from a republic to an empire. An officer in the republican army defeated at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC, he was befriended by Octavian's right-hand man in civil affairs, Maecenas, and became a spokesman for the new regime. For some commentators, his association with the regime was a delicate balance in which he maintained a strong measure of independence (he was "a master of the graceful sidestep") but for others he was, in John Dryden's phrase, "a well-mannered court slave". Provided by Wikipedia
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by La Fontaine, Jean de
Published 1762
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printed for J. Nourse opposite Katherine-Street in the Strand, Bookseller in Ordinary to his Majesty
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by Walsh, William
Published 1706
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London printed for J. Tonson, 1706. Dublin: printed for M. Gunne, Bookseller in Essex-Street
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by Pope, Alexander
Published 1738
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“...Horace...”Published 1738
printed by and for J. Jones in Clarendon-Street, opposite to Coppinger's-Lane
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by Pope, Alexander
Published 1738
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“...Horace...”Published 1738
printed for L. Gilliver at Homer's Head against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street
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by Pope, Alexander
Published 1737
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“...Horace...”Published 1737
London: printed for T. Boreman, at the Cock on Ludgate-Hill; and Dublin re-printed
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by Pope, Alexander
Published 1735
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“...Horace...”Published 1735
printed [by Thomas Ruddiman] for T. Boreman, at the Cock on Ludgate-Hill; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster
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by Pope, Alexander
Published 1735
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“...Horace...”Published 1735
printed for T. Boreman; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster
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by Pope, Alexander
Published 1735
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“...Horace...”Published 1735
London: printed. And, Dublin re-printed by George Faulkner, bookseller, in Essex-street, opposite to the Bridge
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by Pope, Alexander
Published 1734
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“...Horace...”Published 1734
printed for T. Boreman, at the Cock on Ludgate-Hill; sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster