Excerpt from The Satires of Juvenal: Translated Into English Verse The public decision concerning the merit of tiianslated poets comes, I believe, at last to be founded on the success of the finer passages, of such as are best recollected of the original - an 0p1n10n which takes it indeed for granted that trans lated Poetry is most acceptable to those who are not unacquainted with its original a point on 'which my persuasion is so strong, that I greatly doubt not only whether Juvenal, in English, can ever become a favorite, but even whether Virgil be so. 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.