Excerpt from Q. Horatii Flacci Carminum Liber II: Edited With Introduction, Notes Vocabulary for the Use of SchoolsAt any rate his military and republican ardour soon cooled and, instead Of following his friends further amid the 'stormy seas of war, he took advantage of an amnesty Offered by the conquerors and returned to Italy, where he found himself 'with his wings clipped and destitute of house and farm his property near Venusia having probably been confiscated and assigned to a veteran Of the victorious army.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.