Pindarist

Pindarist knew him, but was on still closer terms with M. Chanut, the Swedish ambassador in France.

The Queen Pedauque Anatole France 1884

Pindar is said by Horace to have written numeris lege solutis; but as no such lax performances have been transmitted to us, the meaning of that expression cannot be fixed; and perhaps the like return might properly be made to a modern Pindarist as Mr. Cobb received from Bentley, who, when he found his criticisms upon a Greek exercise, which Cobb had presented, refuted one after another by

Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson 1746

It may be alleged that Pindar is said by Horace to have written numeris lege solutis; but as no such lax performances have been transmitted to us, the meaning of that expression cannot be fixed; and perhaps the like return might properly be made to a modern Pindarist as Mr. Cobb received from Bentley, who, when he found his criticisms upon a Greek exercise, which Cobb had presented, refuted one after another by Pindar's authority, cried out at last, "Pindar was a bold fellow, but thou art an impudent one."

Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Johnson, Samuel 1891