Excerpt from The Satires of Persius: With English Notes, Based on Those of Macleane and Conington There seems to be an insuperable chronological difficulty in the way of that interpretation of many passages of the Satires Which makes them refer to the evil practices to which N ero abandoned him self so completely before his death. I have rarely alluded to these interpretations in the notes. It may suffice to say that some editors, and notably Casaubon, see Nero in every verse which speaks of any thing wicked. About the ...
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Excerpt from The Satires of Persius: With English Notes, Based on Those of Macleane and Conington There seems to be an insuperable chronological difficulty in the way of that interpretation of many passages of the Satires Which makes them refer to the evil practices to which N ero abandoned him self so completely before his death. I have rarely alluded to these interpretations in the notes. It may suffice to say that some editors, and notably Casaubon, see Nero in every verse which speaks of any thing wicked. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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