Of the Nature of Things (Leonard)

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Of the Nature of Things (1916)
by Titus Lucretius Carus, translated by William Ellery Leonard

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T. LUCRETIUS CARUS

OF THE
NATURE OF THINGS

A METRICAL TRANSLATION
BY
WILLIAM ELLERY LEONARD

Professor of English in the University
of Wisconsin

LONDON, PARIS & TORONTO
J. M. DENT & SONS LIMITED
NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.

T. Lucretius Carus
from a print in the British Museum.

First Published in 1916

To
MY COLLEAGUE
GRANT SHOWERMAN
AND THE MEMORY OF
MY TEACHER
THOMAS BOND LINDSAY

CONTENTS

		PAGE
Preface		vii
To the Master		xiii
Book I.		1
Book II.		43
Book III.		91
Book IV.		133
Book V.		185
Book VI.		247

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