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Horace

[ hawr-is, hor- ]

noun

  1. Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65–8 b.c., Roman poet and satirist.
  2. a male given name.


Horace

/ ˈɒɪ /

noun

  1. Horace65 bc8 bcMRomanWRITING: poetWRITING: satirist Latin name Quintus Horatius Flaccus. 65–8 bc , Roman poet and satirist: his verse includes the lyrics in the Epodes and the Odes, the Epistles and Satires, and the Ars Poetica
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Horace

  1. An ancient Roman poet, known for his odes . Horace insisted that poetry should offer both pleasure and instruction.
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Folks like Horace Butler, a member of the Scooby Brothers skate crew, who were a mainstay at World on Wheels.

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The book talks about the difference between Israel Zangwill, who exalted the “melting pot” as the ideal, and Horace Kallen, who coined the term “pluralism” as an alternative.

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The title “Pressure” suggests the force with which this first feature by the Trinidadian British director Horace Ové struck the conscience of a country.

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Art shouldn’t be devoid of nutritional value, but delight should accompany enlightenment for maximum effect, as Horace long ago instructed.

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Horace Bell found that Confederate-sympathizing friends still turned their backs on him, and one of them told him, “The idea of a Los Angeles man of your stamp fighting on the side of the Blacks!”

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