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see_v we_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o empty_a thing_n imaginary_a being_n and_o vain_a shadow_n what_o do_v not_o pindar_n in_o several_a
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acquaintance_n of_o maecenas_n who_o will_v never_o after_o live_v without_o he_o augustus_n call_v he_o lepidissimum_fw-la homuncionem_fw-la his_o pleasant_a little_a man_n and_o will_v have_v make_v he_o his_o cabinet_n secretary_n it_o appear_v not_o that_o pindar_z ever_o speak_v ill_o of_o any_o man_n and_o though_o he_o have_v many_o enemy_n who_o give_v he_o some_o trouble_n while_o he_o live_v we_o find_v not_o that_o he_o ever_o seek_v to_o be_v revenge_v of_o they_o he_o comfort_v himself_o against_o their_o malignity_n by_o only_a say_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pyth._n od._n 1._o envy_v then_o pity_v be_v the_o better_a state_n and_o he_o praise_v those_o who_o never_o hearken_v to_o detractor_n and_o backbiter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pyth._n od._n 2._o then_o who_o can_v be_v know_v a_o more_o inextricable_a pest_n a_o like_a pernicious_a to_o their_o own_o and_o other_o interest_n true_a fox_n crafty_a to_o molest_v he_o mock_v at_o their_o vain_a effort_n compare_v himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pyth._n od._n 2._o immersable_a as_o cork_n i_o keep_v upon_o the_o broad_a sea_n wavy_a deep_a it_o be_v true_a he_o sometime_o show_v they_o his_o tooth_n as_o when_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n to_o love_v a_o friend_n be_v friendship_n due_a a_o enemy_n while_o such_o i_o shall_v pursue_v by_o all_o the_o way_n i_o can_v him_z to_o undo_v but_o he_o reprove_v himself_o elsewhere_o for_o it_o say_v there_o come_v always_o misfortune_n to_o ill_a tongue_n and_o in_o another_o place_n he_o avow_v it_o be_v his_o endeavour_n to_o avoid_v the_o bite_n of_o the_o reproachful_a for_o that_o he_o remember_v he_o once_o see_v the_o poet_n archilochus_n in_o a_o horrible_a perplexity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pyth._n od._n 2._o i_o see_v archilochus_n unknown_a into_o vexatious_a turmoyl_n throw_v eat_v with_o outrageous_a rail_n grow_v which_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n horace_n have_v say_v archiâ—ochum_fw-la proprio_fw-la rabbi_n armavit_fw-la jambo_n rage_n arm_v archilochus_n with_o keen_a jamby_n as_o for_o horace_n no_o man_n ever_o have_v a_o wit_n more_o apt_a for_o raillery_n and_o he_o seldom_o let_v we_o pass_v a_o occasion_n when_o offer_v to_o exercise_v his_o talon_n that_o way_n i_o speak_v not_o of_o his_o satyr_n which_o he_o make_v express_o to_o be_v nip_a and_o bite_v nay_o even_o in_o his_o ode_n he_o can_v resist_v the_o natural_a inclination_n he_o have_v to_o satirize_v as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o these_o parcius_fw-la junctas_fw-la quatiunt_fw-la fenestras_fw-la l._n 1._o od._n 25._o and_o audivere_fw-la louse_n dii_fw-la mea_fw-la vota_fw-la l._n 4._o od._n 13._o and_o in_o this_o where_o the_o raillery_n be_v so_o fine_a beatus_fw-la ille_fw-la qui_fw-la procul_fw-la negotiis_fw-la epod._n 2._o sometime_o he_o carry_v the_o satire_n to_o excess_n as_o in_o that_o ode_n against_o canidia_n at_o o_o deorum_fw-la epod._n 5._o jam_fw-la jam_fw-la efficaci_fw-la epod._n 17._o and_o against_o cassius_n severus_n quid_fw-la immerentes_fw-la epod._n 6._o against_o mena_n the_o freedman_n of_o pompey_n lupus_n &_o agnis_fw-la epod._n 4._o and_o in_o divers_a other_o of_o all_o which_o one_o may_v say_v hic_fw-la nigrae_fw-la succus_fw-la loligenis_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la aerugo_n mera_fw-fr l._n 1._o sat._n 4._o it_o be_v not_o but_o that_o he_o know_v how_o to_o praise_v when_o he_o please_v and_o he_o do_v it_o with_o a_o inimitable_a grace_n in_o several_a place_n of_o his_o ode_n true_a it_o be_v that_o person_n of_o quality_n in_o his_o time_n be_v extreme_o delicate_a as_o to_o praise_v and_o it_o behove_v the_o incense_n that_o be_v offer_v to_o be_v exquisite_a if_o receive_v aptus_fw-la acutis_fw-la naribus_fw-la horum_fw-la hominum_fw-la l._n 1._o sat._n 3._o but_o this_o be_v true_a principal_o in_o respect_n of_o augustus_n who_o can_v not_o endure_v your_o dull_a ordinary_a praise_n but_o will_v wince_v at_o they_o to_o use_v the_o term_n of_o our_o poet._n cui_fw-la malè_fw-la si_fw-la palpere_fw-la recalcitrat_fw-la l._n 2._o sat._n 1._o and_o therefore_o he_o be_v not_o praise_v by_o horace_n but_o in_o few_o place_n and_o one_o may_v say_v he_o do_v it_o not_o but_o upon_o occasion_n and_o without_o dream_v on_o it_o nevertheless_o his_o praise_n be_v so_o fine_a and_o deliver_v with_o such_o force_n that_o there_o can_v be_v nothing_o more_o high_a or_o great_a as_o may_v see_v in_o the_o letter_n he_o write_v to_o that_o emperor_n cum_fw-la tot_fw-la sustineas_fw-la there_o be_v likewise_o a_o touch_n of_o marvellous_a praise_n for_o augustus_n in_o the_o letter_n he_o write_v to_o quintius_n where_o he_o say_v si_fw-mi quis_fw-la bella_fw-la tibi_fw-la terra_fw-la pugnata_fw-la marique_fw-la dicat_fw-la &_o his_o verbis_fw-la vacuas_fw-la permulceat_fw-la aures_fw-la tene_fw-la magis_fw-la salvum_fw-la populus_fw-la velit_fw-la a_o populum_fw-la tu_fw-la servet_fw-la in_o ambiguo_fw-la qui_fw-la consulit_fw-la &_o tibi_fw-la &_o urbi_fw-la jupiter_n augusti_fw-la laudes_fw-la agnocsere_fw-la possis_fw-la lib._n 1._o epist._n 16._o war_n fight_v by_o sea_n and_o land_n shall_v one_o recite_v and_o with_o this_o wish_v thy_o empty_a ear_n delight_v if_o more_o the_o people_n thou_o or_o people_n thou_o wish_v safe_a and_o happy_a that_o ambiguous_a vow_n may_v jove_n who_o take_v of_o rome_n and_o thou_o the_o care_n keep_v still_o ambiguous_a it_o be_v not_o you_o can_v share_v such_o praise_n who_o will_v not_o see_v these_o caesars_n be_v in_o the_o five_o satire_n of_o his_o second_o book_n he_o make_v tiresias_n speak_v thus_o tempore_fw-la quo_fw-la juvenis_fw-la parthis_n horrendus_fw-la ab_fw-la alto_fw-mi demissum_fw-la genus_fw-la aeneâ_fw-la terraque_fw-la marique_fw-la magnus_fw-la erit_fw-la l._n 2._o sat._n 5._o a_o
sufficiency_n of_o that_o author_n i_o find_v there_o be_v some_o learned_a person_n who_o discommend_v the_o beginning_n of_o the_o first_o ode_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o best_a of_o thing_n be_v water_n and_o like_v not_o that_o be_v to_o make_v a_o highly-elevated_n comparison_n he_o shall_v use_v that_o of_o water_n which_o be_v too_o vile_a and_o low_o to_o produce_v any_o idea_n of_o grandeur_n in_o our_o thought_n that_o of_o gold_n which_o follow_v after_o have_v say_v they_o some_o excuse_n for_o the_o passion_n this_o poet_n have_v for_o riches_n but_o they_o find_v not_o any_o proportion_n between_o water_n and_o the_o sun_n to_o join_v they_o together_o which_o have_v a_o seem_a resemblance_n of_o truth_n according_a to_o our_o principle_n and_o manner_n of_o reason_v at_o this_o day_n this_o objection_n nevertheless_o will_v not_o appear_v very_o considerable_a if_o we_o make_v but_o this_o reflection_n that_o pindar_n send_v that_o ode_n into_o sicily_n to_o a_o tyrant_n of_o syracuse_n where_o they_o follow_v the_o doctrine_n of_o empedocles_n who_o about_o that_o time_n have_v immortalize_v himself_o by_o his_o work_n by_o his_o life_n and_o his_o voluntary_a fall_n into_o the_o flame_a gulf_n of_o aetna_n for_o one_o of_o the_o principle_n of_o that_o philosopher_n doctrine_n be_v this_o that_o water_n be_v the_o origin_n and_o source_n of_o all_o the_o work_n of_o nature_n so_o that_o pindar_n can_v not_o make_v use_n of_o a_o comparison_n more_o happy_a or_o more_o efficacious_a than_o that_o of_o water_n to_o comprehend_v what_o be_v great_a and_o elevate_v to_o the_o sicilian_n who_o regard_v that_o element_n as_o the_o principle_n which_o have_v give_v they_o their_o be_v and_o these_o my_o lord_n be_v the_o defect_n which_o some_o have_v charge_v pindar_n with_o which_o be_v no_o other_o than_o little_a mole_n in_o a_o beautiful_a body_n as_o horace_n say_v velut_fw-la si_fw-la egregio_fw-la inspersos_fw-la deprendas_fw-la 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