Excerpt from Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae Ad Pisones, Et Augustum, Vol. 3: With an English Commentary and Notes, to Which Are Added Critical Dissertations Again; of the endlefs variety of theic original foflm, which the poet's eye is in cefl'antly traverfing, thofe, which take his attention moll, his afiive mimetic faculty prompts him to convert into fair and living ref/emulation. This magical operation the divine philofopher (whofe fervid fancy, though it fometimes obfcures [a] his rear foning, Yet never fails to clear and bright-6 en his itnagery) excellently illulirates by the fimllitucle of a mirror; wbicb, fays he, a: you turn about and oppoje to tbefizr rounding world, pre/ents you inflantly with a sun, stars, and starts; witb your own, and every other living jbrm; suit/j ll): earth, and it: [everal appendage: of trees, plants, and flowers Juli fo, on Whatever fide the poet turns his imagination, the fliapes of things immedi ately imprint themfelves upon it, and a new correfponding creation refleeis the old one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.