E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Hor’ace.
The Roman lyric poet.
1
Horaces of England. George, Duke of Buckingham, preposterously declared Cowley to be the Pindar, Horace, and
Virgil of England (1618–1667). Ben Jonson is invariably called Horace by Dekker.
2
Horaces of France. Jean Macrinus or Salmon (1490–1557); Pierre Jean de Beranger, the French Burns (1780–1857).
3
Horaces of Spain. The brothers Argen’sola, whose Christian names were Lupercio and Bartolme.
