 | Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley - 1900 - 312 páginas
...description applicable mutatis nominibus to either poet : " In his fortunes and his friends Virgil was a happy man. Munificent patronage gave him ample...the friendship of all the most accomplished men of the day. He was an 'This was written in 1874. amiable, good-tempered man, free from the mean passions... | |
 | William Smith - 1910 - 666 páginas
...a house on the Esquiline Hill, near the gardens of Maecenas. In his fortunes and his friends Virgil was a happy man. Munificent patronage gave him ample means of enjoyment and of leisure, and he had the friendship of all the most accomplished men of the day, among whom Horace... | |
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In his fortunes and his friends Virgil was a happy man. Munificent patronage gave him ample means of enjoyment and of leisure ; and he had the friendship of all the most accomplished men of the day, among whom Horace entertained a strong affection for... 
