Parallel extracts arranged for translation into English and Latin, with notes on idioms, by J.E. Nixon |
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Excitement at Rome before the Battle of Metaurus Livy , Creasy . Ditto after the Battle .... .Livy , Arnold . News of the Battle of Bedriacum .Tacitus . the Boyne .Macaulay . Description of Jerusalem .Tacitus . Marcellus at Syracuse .
Excitement at Rome before the Battle of Metaurus Livy , Creasy . Ditto after the Battle .... .Livy , Arnold . News of the Battle of Bedriacum .Tacitus . the Boyne .Macaulay . Description of Jerusalem .Tacitus . Marcellus at Syracuse .
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Great Fire at Rome and London ... Livy , Tacitus , Hume , Evelyn . Death of Pliny the Elder ... .Pliny , Merivale . Eruption of Vesuvius - Earthquakes .Pliny . Earthquake of Lisbon .Davy . 26 . 27—30 . Letters on Epistolary Style ...
Great Fire at Rome and London ... Livy , Tacitus , Hume , Evelyn . Death of Pliny the Elder ... .Pliny , Merivale . Eruption of Vesuvius - Earthquakes .Pliny . Earthquake of Lisbon .Davy . 26 . 27—30 . Letters on Epistolary Style ...
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... nos omnes , nos trecenti ; ' city of Rome , ' urbs Roma ; “ Rome , ' Romani ; " the hour of nine , ' hora nona ; sometimes on the contrary we find vox voluptatis , ' the word pleasure , ' & c . , but rarely ; cf. Madvig , $ 286 .
... nos omnes , nos trecenti ; ' city of Rome , ' urbs Roma ; “ Rome , ' Romani ; " the hour of nine , ' hora nona ; sometimes on the contrary we find vox voluptatis , ' the word pleasure , ' & c . , but rarely ; cf. Madvig , $ 286 .
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Then they set out again in their order of march as : they had come from Rome , and they spread themselves round the camp of the enemy on every side . When this was done , upon a signal 23 given they raised a great shout , and directly ...
Then they set out again in their order of march as : they had come from Rome , and they spread themselves round the camp of the enemy on every side . When this was done , upon a signal 23 given they raised a great shout , and directly ...
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... Flavius , boasting the power of Rome , and her generosity to the submissive ; Arminius appealing to him in 25 the name of their country's gods , of the mother that had borne them , and by the holy names " of fatherland and freedom ...
... Flavius , boasting the power of Rome , and her generosity to the submissive ; Arminius appealing to him in 25 the name of their country's gods , of the mother that had borne them , and by the holy names " of fatherland and freedom ...
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ablative adjective alia aliis Arminius army atque battle becomes castra castris cause CICERO clauses condition consules dear dependent eius English enim erat esse esset etiam expressed fact follow frequently fuit future gerund Greek haec hand idea illa inde indicative infinitive inter ipse Italy Latin less letter litterae Livy magis magna meaning mihi minus modo neque nihil nisi numerals object obliqua omitted omnes omnia omnis once oratio pars participle past perfect person present quae quam quid quidem quod quoque quum relative replaced Roman Rome senate sense sentences similarly simple simul sine sometimes subjunctive substantives sunt tamen thing tibi tives translated Vale verb vero walls whole write
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Page 33 - I PURPOSE to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living.
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Page 27 - Impatient of contradiction; because she had been accustomed from her infancy to be treated as a queen. No stranger, on some occasions, to dissimulation; which, in that perfidious court where she received her education, was reckoned among the necessary arts of government.
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| Title | Parallel extracts arranged for translation into English and Latin, with notes on idioms, by J.E. Nixon Parallel extracts arranged for translation into English and Latin, with notes on idioms, by J.E. Nixon, John Edwin Nixon |
| Author | John Edwin Nixon |
| Editor | John Edwin Nixon |
| Published | 1874 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 14 Aug 2006 |
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