 Spectandum nigris oculis nigroque capillo. Sumite materiam vestris qui scribitis aequam Viribus et versate diu quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant humeri.  The Works of Horace - Page 382by Horace - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Ole Thomsen - History - 2005 - 404 pages
...word has a more general ring to it, which is known from such phrases as ut fama est. ï Cf. 38-40: sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, aequam viribus...et versate diu, quid ferre récusent, quid valeant umeri, 99-100: dulcía sunto, et quocumque volent animum auditorii agunto, 153: tu quid ego et populus... | |
 | J. C. Bramble - History - 2007 - 246 pages
...adequacy of his ingenium or vires for his proposed materia, Horace epitomises the doctrine at AP 38 f.: sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, aequam viribus et versate diu, quid ferre recusent,1 quid valeant umeri. He who attempts the higher themes must be richly endowed, otherwise... | |
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