Proof A
consists
of 100 lines of the English
translation (lines 173-272); Proof B, pp.
translation (lines 173-272); Proof B, pp.
Byron
) is
at the foot of p. 54.
_Note_. --The edition contains twenty-nine pieces, viz. the twenty-five
poems published by John Bumpus in 1824 (No. xl. ), together with _The
Isles of Greece_; _Were my Bosom_, etc. ; _Herod's Lament_, etc. ; and
_Lord Byron's Latest Verses_ ("On this day I complete my thirty-sixth
year").
_Hints from Horace_.
_Note_. --Two sets of proofs of a portion of _Hints from Horace_,
formerly the property of R. C. Dallas, are preserved in the British
Museum (_Eg_. 2029).
Proof A consists of 100 lines of the English
translation (lines 173-272); Proof B, pp. [87]-128, consists of 272
lines of the English translation (lines 1-272) and (on opposite pages)
188 lines of the original Latin. These proof-sheets, which must have
followed proofs of the Fifth Edition of _English Bards_, _etc_. , are
preceded by a Half-title, _Hints from Horace_ (Gothic characters), and
by the following subsidiary title:--
Hints from Horace:/ Being a/ Partial Imitation, in English Verse, of the
Epistle,/ "Ad Pisones de Arte Poetica;"/ And intended as a Sequel to/
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. / [Gothic characters. ] "Ergo fungar
vice Cotis, acutum/ Reddere quae ferrum valet, exsors ipsa secandi. "/
Hor. De Arte Poet. 304-5. / "Rhymes are difficult things; they are
stubborn things, sir. "/ Fielding's Amelia, Vol. III. / Book and Chap. V. /
Athens, Franciscan Convent,/ March 12, 1811. /
The publication of _Hints from Horace_ had been entrusted by Dallas to
Cawthorn in July-August, 1811.
at the foot of p. 54.
_Note_. --The edition contains twenty-nine pieces, viz. the twenty-five
poems published by John Bumpus in 1824 (No. xl. ), together with _The
Isles of Greece_; _Were my Bosom_, etc. ; _Herod's Lament_, etc. ; and
_Lord Byron's Latest Verses_ ("On this day I complete my thirty-sixth
year").
_Hints from Horace_.
_Note_. --Two sets of proofs of a portion of _Hints from Horace_,
formerly the property of R. C. Dallas, are preserved in the British
Museum (_Eg_. 2029).
Proof A consists of 100 lines of the English
translation (lines 173-272); Proof B, pp. [87]-128, consists of 272
lines of the English translation (lines 1-272) and (on opposite pages)
188 lines of the original Latin. These proof-sheets, which must have
followed proofs of the Fifth Edition of _English Bards_, _etc_. , are
preceded by a Half-title, _Hints from Horace_ (Gothic characters), and
by the following subsidiary title:--
Hints from Horace:/ Being a/ Partial Imitation, in English Verse, of the
Epistle,/ "Ad Pisones de Arte Poetica;"/ And intended as a Sequel to/
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. / [Gothic characters. ] "Ergo fungar
vice Cotis, acutum/ Reddere quae ferrum valet, exsors ipsa secandi. "/
Hor. De Arte Poet. 304-5. / "Rhymes are difficult things; they are
stubborn things, sir. "/ Fielding's Amelia, Vol. III. / Book and Chap. V. /
Athens, Franciscan Convent,/ March 12, 1811. /
The publication of _Hints from Horace_ had been entrusted by Dallas to
Cawthorn in July-August, 1811.
