Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Roman lyric poet. His Odes and Satires have exerted a major influence on English poetry.
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- proper noun Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a poet and philosopher of the Roman Augustan Age. Born 65 BCE in Venusia, died 27 November, 8 BCE in
Rome . Horace was a contemporary and friend ofVirgil . Although of low birth, Horace was admired by theEmperor Augustus and was offered, but refused, to become his private secretary. - proper noun A male
given name
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- noun Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
Etymologies
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Examples
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[Illustration: LITTLE PRUDY'S CAPTAIN HORACE.] "You wide-awake little boys, who make whistles of willow, and go fishing and training, -- Horace is very much like you, I suppose.
Prudy Keeping House Sophie May 1869
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[Illustration: LITTLE PRUDY'S CAPTAIN HORACE.] "You wide-awake little boys, who make whistles of willow, and go fishing and training, -- Horace is very much like you, I suppose.
The Twin Cousins Sophie May 1869
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Horace is probably merrytackling Renee favant harkfast.
365 tomorrows » Duncan Shields : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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Why He Should Return: Horace is a great character that works even better when he's a ghostly vision, as seen in "Cabin Fever."
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Horace is survived by the mother of his four children, F.V. Hancock-Smith; his children, F. Sharon Church of Kernersville,
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Horace is probably merrytackling Renee favant harkfast.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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The historical interdependence of linguistic and visual figures, articulated in Horace's Art of Poetry, thrives in Alberti's definition of istoria in De pictura and in Castiglione's self-deprecating description of the Book of the Courtier as a "picture" by a "humble painter" (from the dedicatory letter to Lord Dom Miguel de Silva, bishop of Viseu).
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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The tradition of ut pictura poesis, described in Horace's Art of Poetry, and Aristotle's mimesis historia, the imitation of human events discussed in Poetics, is embedded in Alberti's articulation of istoria.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Eventually, the comedy began to supplant the music, but Eldon still sometimes plays with old mates in a covers outfit called Horace Batchelor And The Zeebra Kitten Blues Band.
King of comedy Kevin Eldon finally makes his Edinburgh solo debut 2010
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In June, Crandon told Doyle that he dispatched his sister Laura to England to “bring back to me a small boy whom we discovered there in December, whom we are going to adopt” by the name of Horace Newton.
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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