THE SATIRES, EPISTLES, AND ART OF POETRY OF HORACE

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE
BY JOHN CONINGTON, M.A.
CORPUS PROFESSOR OF LATIN IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.




TO

THE REV. W. H. THOMPSON, D.D.
MASTER OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,
ETC. ETC. ETC.
IN GRATITUDE FOR MANY KINDNESSES
RECEIVED FROM HIM AND OTHER CAMBRIDGE FRIENDS,
AND IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE COMPLIMENT
PAID BY CAMBRIDGE TO OXFORD
IN THE APPOINTMENT OF THE OXFORD LATIN PROFESSOR
AS ONE OF THE ELECTORS TO HER LATIN CHAIR.




PREFACE.

In venturing to follow up my translation of the Odes of Horace by a
version of the Satires and Epistles, I feel that I am in no way
entitled to refer to the former as a justification of my boldness in