SOURCE: "Chapter XIV" in The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Harper & Brothers, 1877, p. 378.
In the following excerpt, dated 1857, from Macaulay's journal, the distinguished British statesman and historian records his generally disparaging appraisal of Martial. Though Macaulay remarks on the poet's lively imagery, he is deeply offended by Martial's obscenity and mendicancy.
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