id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt horace-works_153 horace-works_153 .txt text/plain 561 23 75 Steward of my woodlands and little farm that restores me to myself, which you despise,[ though formerly] inhabited by five families, and wo nt to send five good senators to Varia: let us try, whether I with more fortitude pluck the thorns out of my mind, or you out of my ground: and whether Horace or his estate be in a better condition. When you were a drudge at every one 's beck, you tacitly prayed for the country: and now,[ being appointed] my steward, you wish for the city, the shows, and the baths. For what you reckon desert and inhospitable wilds, he who is of my way of thinking calls delightful places; and dislikes what you esteem pleasant. ./cache/horace-works_153.txt ./txt/horace-works_153.txt