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Issue Details: First known date: 1857... 1857 Imitations from Horace
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Notes

  • First epigraph: Odes. Book 3, Ode 1. -'Odi profanum vulgus, et arceo.' - Made to order for the Honorable the Solicitor-General, but rejected as not being sufficiently elegant.
  • Second epigraph: Argument - The Government prefer mediocrity and an easy life to any prospect of wealth and honour for the colony.
  • Author's note: 'March 2nd, 1857.'

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    y separately published work icon The Empire 4 March 1857 Z1732327 1857 newspaper issue 1857 pg. 4
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