What should hinder me likewise, when I am
reading the works of Lucilius, from inquiring whether it be his
[genius], or the difficult nature of his subject, that will not suffer
his verses to be more finished, and to run more smoothly than if some
one, thinking it sufficient to a something of six feet, be fond
of writing two hundred verses before he eats, and as many after supper?
reading the works of Lucilius, from inquiring whether it be his
[genius], or the difficult nature of his subject, that will not suffer
his verses to be more finished, and to run more smoothly than if some
one, thinking it sufficient to a something of six feet, be fond
of writing two hundred verses before he eats, and as many after supper?
Horace - Works
