Excerpt from The Works of Horace, Vol. 2 of 2: Translated by Philip Francis, D.DThrough the thin robe stands naked to your eye Or, if you will be cheated, pay the fair, With foolish fondness, ere she shows her ware.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.