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Seward seconded this wish, and recommended to Dr. Harrington to dedicate it to Johnson, and take for his motto, what Catullus says to Cornelius Nepos: namque tu solebas, Meas esse aliquid putare NUGAS .
They were received with a storm of applause, as indeed their elevation justly merits. "O Marce Druse, patrem appello; tu dicere solebas sacram esse rempublicam; quicunque eam violavissent, ab omnibus esse ei poenas persolatas. Patris dictum sapiens temeritas filii comprobavit."
He then made use of the two following colons, each consisting of three feet, "Tu dicere solebas, sacram esse Rempublicam:" and afterwards of the period, "Quicunque eam violavissent, ab omnibus esse ei poenas persolutas" which ends with a dichoree; for it is immaterial whether the last syllable is long or short.
I will produce a verse and half of his, in one of his Eclogues, to justify my opinion, and with commas after every word, to show that he has given almost as many lashes as he has written syllables. It is against a bad poet, whose ill verses he describes "Non tu, in triviis indocte, solebas Stridenti, miserum, stipula, disperdere carmen?" But to return to my purpose.
I was present when Caius Carbo, the son of Caius, a tribune of the people, uttered these words in the assembly of the people: "O Maree Druse, patrem appello." Here are two clauses, each of two feet. Then he gave us some more periods: "Tu dicere solebas, sacram esse rempublicam." Here each clause consists of three feet.
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