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Page xlii
... dear Cicero , ' mi Cicero ; ' Cicero sends his love , ' salvebis a Cicerone ; ' write and give my love , ' jubebis valere litteris ; ' let me know , ' fac me certiorem ; ' good bye , God bless you , ' ama nos et vale , vale et salve ...
... dear Cicero , ' mi Cicero ; ' Cicero sends his love , ' salvebis a Cicerone ; ' write and give my love , ' jubebis valere litteris ; ' let me know , ' fac me certiorem ; ' good bye , God bless you , ' ama nos et vale , vale et salve ...
Page 45
... dear Friend , you like to hear from me— -This is a very good reason why I should write - but I have nothing to say - This seems equally a good reason why I should not - Yet if you had alighted from your horse at our door this morning ...
... dear Friend , you like to hear from me— -This is a very good reason why I should write - but I have nothing to say - This seems equally a good reason why I should not - Yet if you had alighted from your horse at our door this morning ...
Page 47
... dear Friend , A dearth of materials , a conscious- ness that my subjects " are for the most part , and must be unin- teresting22 and unimportant , but above all , a poverty of animal spirits " , that makes writing much a great fatigue ...
... dear Friend , A dearth of materials , a conscious- ness that my subjects " are for the most part , and must be unin- teresting22 and unimportant , but above all , a poverty of animal spirits " , that makes writing much a great fatigue ...
Page 55
... dear 20 unto him . But he sees you not ; he knows not what you do ; well , what then ? Will you do anything that would displease him if he knew it , because he is where he doth not know it ? I am sure that was never in your thoughts ...
... dear 20 unto him . But he sees you not ; he knows not what you do ; well , what then ? Will you do anything that would displease him if he knew it , because he is where he doth not know it ? I am sure that was never in your thoughts ...
Page 57
... dear friend , has deeply affected me . knew nothing of your loss ; if I had , I would immediately have written not to31 have intruded on you with idle conso- lations , but at least to say that we think of you in your afflic- tion 12. I ...
... dear friend , has deeply affected me . knew nothing of your loss ; if I had , I would immediately have written not to31 have intruded on you with idle conso- lations , but at least to say that we think of you in your afflic- tion 12. I ...
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¹² ¹³ ablative absolute Achradina adeo adhuc adjectival adjective adverbs alii aorist Arminius army atque autem castra Cicero Coenus copula cura dependent clause eius enclitic English enim eodem Epistolary erant erat esset etiam expressed facere fuit future futurum gerund Greek haberet haec hora hostium idea illa inde infinitive inter ipsa ipse ipsum Itaque Latin letter litterae Livy magis magna main verb metu mihi minus modo Näg neque nihil nisi nocte nunc oculis omitted omnes omnia omnis oratio obliqua pars particles passive past participle perfect periphrastic Plin PLINY pluperfect postquam prepositions primus quae quam quia quid quidem quis quisque quod quoque quum relative repetition replaced Roman scribis scripturus senate sentences simul sine sometimes Stertinius subj subjunctive substantival substantive sunt Tacitus tamen tenses tibi tives translated urbem Vale vallum verb verbal clauses vero
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Page 37 - ... last one was not able to approach it, so that they were forced to stand still, and let the flames burn on, which they did, for near two miles in length and one in breadth.
Page 47 - The inhabitants of this delicious isle, as they are without riches and honours, so are they without the vices and follies that attend them ; and were they but as much strangers to revenge, as they are to avarice and ambition, they might in fact answer the poetical notions of ,the golden age. But they have got, as an alloy to their happiness, an ill habit of murdering one another on slight offences.
Page 36 - Tum se quieti dedit et quievit verissimo quidem somno. Nam meatus animae, qui illi propter amplitudinem corporis gravior et sonantior erat, ab iis, qui limini obversabantur, audiebatur.
Page 43 - ... or nothing happens to occur. A man that has a journey before him twenty miles in length, which he is to perform on foot, will not hesitate and doubt whether he shall set out or not, because he does not readily conceive how he shall ever reach the end of it ; for he knows, that by the simple operation of moving one foot forward first, and then the other, he shall be sure to accomplish it.
Page 27 - ... all contemporary authors agree in ascribing to Mary the utmost beauty of countenance and elegance of shape of which the human form is capable. Her hair was black, though, according to the fashion of that age, she frequently wore borrowed locks, and of different colours. Her eyes were a dark grey, her complexion was exquisitely fine, and her hands and arms remarkably delicate, both as to shape and colour. Her stature was of a height that rose to the majestic.
Page 81 - They will, by this means, receive their education where they receive their birth, and be accustomed, from their infancy, to inhabit and affect their native soil. May you be able to procure professors of such distinguished abilities, that the neighbouring towns shall be glad to draw their learning from hence; and as you now send your children to foreigners for education, may foreigners in their turn flock hither for their instruction.
Page 35 - ... but crying out and lamentation, running about like distracted creatures without at all attempting to save even their goods ; such a strange consternation there was upon them, so as it burned both in breadth and length, the churches, public halls, Exchange, hospitals, monuments, and ornaments...
Page 35 - The conflagration was so universal, and the people so astonished, that, from the beginning, I know not by what despondency, or fate, they hardly stirred to quench it; so that there was nothing heard, or seen, but crying out and lamentation, running about like distracted creatures, without at all attempting to save even their goods; such a strange consternation there was upon them...
Page 49 - ... with their number and variety. Whist, at shillings or halfcrowns, is the game I generally play, and I play three rubbers with pleasure. Between nine and ten we withdraw to our bread and cheese, and friendly converse, which sends us to bed at eleven; but these sober hours are too often interrupted by private or numerous suppers, which I have not the courage to resist, though I practise a laudable abstinence at the best furnished tables.
Page 36 - Pomponiano ceterisque qui pervigilaverant reddit. In commune consultant, intra tecta subsistant an in aperto vagentur. Nam crebris vastisque tremoribus tecta nutabant, et quasi emota sedibus suis nunc hue nunc illuc abire aut referri videbantur. Sub dio...