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... first scholars and instructors . The Rev. J. E. Riddle , author of the Latin Dictionary , has testified to their value to junior classes , to those who would teach themselves , and all who would make progress in a sound acquaintance ...
... first scholars and instructors . The Rev. J. E. Riddle , author of the Latin Dictionary , has testified to their value to junior classes , to those who would teach themselves , and all who would make progress in a sound acquaintance ...
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... First " I have given no unnecessary informa- tion , nor abridged the labour of the youthful student in consulting such a dictionary as that of Dr. Lem- priere . " Secondly- " Where any difficulty seemed likely to arise , the best ...
... First " I have given no unnecessary informa- tion , nor abridged the labour of the youthful student in consulting such a dictionary as that of Dr. Lem- priere . " Secondly- " Where any difficulty seemed likely to arise , the best ...
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... First , That the author be his own interpreter . Thus , it has been attempted to explain difficul- ties by reference to similar ideas in other words by similar use of the same words - by a repetition of the same idioms - by lines ...
... First , That the author be his own interpreter . Thus , it has been attempted to explain difficul- ties by reference to similar ideas in other words by similar use of the same words - by a repetition of the same idioms - by lines ...
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... first reference be to a line which has a refer- ence to a second , and that to a third ; but with respect to grammatical idioms , that one striking passage be selected , and furnished with references to four or five of the best ...
... first reference be to a line which has a refer- ence to a second , and that to a third ; but with respect to grammatical idioms , that one striking passage be selected , and furnished with references to four or five of the best ...
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... first letters of the name of Ajax . The Grecian leaders are by Homer styled kings . 110. Amaros . The judge leaving the contest undecided , complimenting the contending parties as each meriting a prize , seems to express an opinion ...
... first letters of the name of Ajax . The Grecian leaders are by Homer styled kings . 110. Amaros . The judge leaving the contest undecided , complimenting the contending parties as each meriting a prize , seems to express an opinion ...
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Achates Æneæ Æneas æquora æthera agmina alluding ancient antè Apollo Arcadia Ardea arma armis Augustus auras Baccho Bacchus Cæsar called circum city cœlo cœlum Compare contrà course cùm death Delos deûm Deus dextrâ Dict Dictionary Dido divûm eclogue edition Eneas Epirus Exam fata ferro first flumina Greek hæc Haud hence Heyne hìc Hinc ille implying infelix ingens interea Italy Jamque Juno Jupiter læta latè Latin Latio Lavinia line literally litora Livy longè Lucr made magnâ Mantua meaning means mihi name neque nunc Observe omnibus pater pectore place poet poetry poets prælia Præterea primùm prose pugnæ quà quæ quàm Quò quùm Read regna river Roman Rule Rutuli sæpe same sanguine sanguis says sidera sine supply tela tellus terræ Teucri tibi Troja Turnus urbem used Venus verò vertice Virgil virûm word words
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Page 123 - With burnish'd neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant...
Page 98 - Notus abreptas in saxa latentia torquet — Saxa vocant Itali mediis quae in fluctibus Aras — Dorsum immane mari summo ; tres Eurus ab alto In brevia et Syrtes urguet — miserabile visu — Illiditque vadis atque aggere cingit arenae.
Page 11 - A New Recension of the Text, with a carefully amended Punctuation; and copious Notes, Critical, Philological, and Explanatory, almost...
Page 239 - So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Page 15 - ... longae maneat pars ultima vitae, spiritus et, quantum sat erit tua dicere facta : non me carminibus vincet nec Thracius Orpheus, nec Linus, huic mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo.
Page 279 - Penatibus et magnis dis, stans celsa in puppi, geminas cui tempora flammas 680 laeta vomunt patriumque aperitur vertice sidus. parte alia ventis et dis Agrippa secundis arduus agmen agens ; cui, belli insigne superbum, tempora navali fulgent rostrata corona.
Page 386 - Equidem merui, nee deprecor," inquit ; " Utere sorte tua. Miseri te si qua parentis Tangere cura potest, oro, — fuit et tibi talis Anchises genitor — Dauni miserere senectae, Et me, seu corpus spoliatum lumine mavis, 935 Redde meis. Vicisti, et victum tendere palmas Ausonii videre; tua est Lavinia coniunx : Ulterius ne tende odiis.
Page 24 - Saepibus in nostris parvam te roscida mala (dux ego vester eram) vidi cum matre legentem. alter ab undecimo tum me iam acceperat annus; iam fragilis poteram ab terra contingere ramos. 40 ut vidi ut perii, ut me malus abstulit error.
Page 85 - Esse apibus partem divinae mentis et haustus 220 Aetherios dixere ; deum namque ire per omnes Terrasque tractusque maris caelumque profundum ; Hinc pecudes, armenta, viros, genus omne ferarum, Quemque sibi tenues nascentem arcessere vitas ; Scilicet hue reddi deinde ac resoluta referri 225 Omnia, nee morti esse locum, sed viva volare Sideris in numerum atque alto succedere caelo.
Page 5 - Howard's Introductory Latin Exercises. Introductory Latin Exercises to those of Clarke, Ellis, Turner, and others: designed for the Younger Classes. By NATHANIEL HOWARD. A New Edition, 12mo. 2s. 6d. cloth. Howard's Latin Exercises extended. Latin Exercises Extended ; or, a Series of Latin Exercises, selected from the best Roman Writers, and adapted to the Rules of Syntax, particularly in the Eton Grammar. To which are added, English Examples to be translated into Latin, immediately under the same...