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The Works of Horace In English Verse

By several hands. Collected and Published By Mr. Duncombe. With Notes Historical and Critical
Duncombe, John (1729-1786)
  
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VOLUME the FIRST.
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VOLUME the SECOND and LAST.
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THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE. COMMONLY CALLED THE EPODES.
  
THE SECULAR ODE.
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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE SATIRES OF HORACE.
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THE SECOND BOOK OF THE SATIRES OF HORACE.
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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE EPISTLES OF HORACE.
  
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 I. 
EPISTLE I. To Mæcenas.
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EPISTLE II. To Lollius.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE III. To Julius Florus.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE IV. To Albius Tibullus.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
  
To a Gentleman, whose Father had left the Bulk of his Estate to a younger Son. In Allusion to the Same Epistle.
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EPISTLE V. To Torquatus.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE VI. To Numicius.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE VII. To Mæcenas.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE VIII. To Celsus Albinovanus.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE IX. To Claudius Tiberius Nero.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
 X. 
EPISTLE X. To Fuscus Aristius.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE XI. To Bullatius.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE XII. To Iccius.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE XIII. To Vinius Asella.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE XIV. To his Country Steward.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE XV. To Numonius Vala.
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EPISTLE XVI. To Quintius.
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EPISTLE XVII. To Scæva.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
  
EPISTLE XVIII. To Lollius.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE XIX. To Mæcenas.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE XX.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
  
The latter Part of SATIRE II. BOOK II. Imitated.
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THE SECOND BOOK OF THE EPISTLES OF HORACE.
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THE THIRD BOOK OF THE EPISTLES OF HORACE. COMMONLY CALLED The ART of POETRY .

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The Same EPISTLE Imitated.

[Dear Dick, howe'er it comes into his Head]

By Mr. Prior.
To the Right Hon. Robert Harley, Esq;
Dear Dick, howe'er it comes into his Head,
Believes as firmly as he does his Creed,
That You and I, Sir, are extremely great,
Though I plain Mat, You Minister of State.
One Word from Me, without all Doubt, he says,
Would fix his Fortune in some little Place.
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Thus better than myself, it seems, he knows
How far my Interest with my Patron goes;
And answering all Objections I can make,
Still plunges deeper in his dear Mistake.
From this wild Fancy, Sir, there may proceed
One wilder yet, which I foresee and dread;
That I in Fact a real Interest have,
Which to my own Advantage I would save,
And, with the usual Courtier's Trick, intend
To serve myself, forgetful of my Friend.
To shun this Censure, I all Shame lay by,
And make my Reason with his Will comply;
Hoping for my Excuse, 'twill be confest
That of two Evils I have chose the least.
So, Sir, with this Epistolary Scroll
Receive the Partner of my inmost Soul:
Him you will find in Letters and in Laws
Not unexpert, firm to his Country's Cause,
Warm in the glorious Interest you pursue,
And, in one Word, a Good Man and a True.
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