Note 339 — AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PHINEAS PETT (continued 2)
Reading edition
An allusion to the well-known line of Horace (De Arte Poetica, 139): 'Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus' (Mountains are in labour, a silly little mouse will be born).
Reading edition
An allusion to the well-known line of Horace (De Arte Poetica, 139): 'Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus' (Mountains are in labour, a silly little mouse will be born).