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The works of Horace : with English notes, critical and ... - Cristo Raul

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EXPLANATORY NOTES. BOOK I., EPISTLE II. 553<br />

the middle <strong>of</strong> the day. <strong>The</strong> allosion in the words invidia vel amon la not<br />

merely to these passiona in particolar, but to all the depraved desires <strong>and</strong><br />

afiectiona which mental caltnre, <strong>and</strong> the pnrsuita <strong>of</strong> philosophy, can alone<br />

drive away.<br />

39-43. 39. Est animum. "Preys u^on the mind."—40. Dimidium<br />

facti, gai OBpit, kabet. " He who makes a beginning has accomplished<br />

the one half <strong>of</strong> an nndertaluug." Compare the Greek proverb, &pxv Vl^'

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