From the humorous exaggeration of Horace, Ennius ipse pater nunquam, nisi potus, ad arma Prosiluit dicenda; and from the poet's own confession, Nunquam poetor, nisi si podager, it may be inferred that he belonged to the class of poets of a lusty and social nature, of which dryden is a type in modern times, who enjoyed the pleasures of wine and good fellowship.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
The great dryden thought it not unworthy of his powers to engage in putting classical verse into English garb.
"Early Theories of Translation"
Flora Ross Amos
dryden is similarly restrained by the thought of his readers.
"Early Theories of Translation"
Flora Ross Amos
