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The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, and of Aulus Persius Flaccus
The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis and of Aulus Persius Flaccus Author:Juvenal Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: I have now said all that occurs to me on this subject: a more pleasing one remains. I cannot, indeed, like Dryden, boast of my poetical coadjutors. No Congreves ... more »and Creeches have abridged, while they adorned, my labours; yet have I not been without assistance, and of the most valuable kind. Whoever is acquainted with the habits of intimacy in which I have lived from early youth, with the Rev. Dr. Ireland, will not want to be informed of his share in the following pages. To those who are not, it is proper to say, that besides the passages in which he is introduced by name, every other part of the work has been submitted to his inspection. Nor would his affectionate anxiety for the reputation of his friend suffer any part of the translation to appear, without undergoing the strictest revision. His uncommon accuracy, judgment, and learning, have been uniformly exerted on it, not less, I am confident, to the advantage of the reader, than to my own satisfaction. It will be seen that we sometimes differ in opinion; but as I usually distrust my own judgment in those cases, the decision is submitted to the reader. I have also to express my obligations to Abraham Moore, Esq. Barrister at law, a gentleman Sub-Dean and Prebendary of Westminster, and Vicar of Croydon, in Surry. whose taste and learning are well known to be only surpassed by his readiness to oblige: of which I have the most convincing proofs; since the hours dedicated to the following sheets, (which I lament that he only saw in their progress through the press,) were snatched from avocations as urgent as they were important. Nor must I overlook the friendly assistance of William Porden, Esq. which, like that of the former gentleman, was given to me, amidst the distraction of more immediate concerns, with a read...« less