Parallel Extracts Arranged for Translation Into English and Latin, with Notes and IdiomsMacmillan, 1876 - Latin language |
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... mihi operis Servius Galba iterum Titus Vinius consules 13 erunt : nam post conditam urbem octingentos et vi- ginti prioris aevi annos multi auctores rettulerunt ... Opus adgredior opimum casibus , atrox proeliis , discors seditionibus ...
... mihi operis Servius Galba iterum Titus Vinius consules 13 erunt : nam post conditam urbem octingentos et vi- ginti prioris aevi annos multi auctores rettulerunt ... Opus adgredior opimum casibus , atrox proeliis , discors seditionibus ...
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... mihi causa mortis non fuisset 27. Ego17 contra 28 , salvum me nisi una non futurum : dein manum ejus amplexus , addere gradum cogo . Paret aegre incusatque se quod me moretur 33. Jam cinis , adhuc tamen rarus : respicio ; densa caligo ...
... mihi causa mortis non fuisset 27. Ego17 contra 28 , salvum me nisi una non futurum : dein manum ejus amplexus , addere gradum cogo . Paret aegre incusatque se quod me moretur 33. Jam cinis , adhuc tamen rarus : respicio ; densa caligo ...
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... mihi nullum scribendi argumentum relictum est , utar eā clausulā , qua33 soleo ; teque ad studium summae laudis cohortabor . 12 13 • 33 28. ( a ) Epistolam hanc convicio efflagitārunt ' codicilli tui : nam res quidem ipsa , et is dies ...
... mihi nullum scribendi argumentum relictum est , utar eā clausulā , qua33 soleo ; teque ad studium summae laudis cohortabor . 12 13 • 33 28. ( a ) Epistolam hanc convicio efflagitārunt ' codicilli tui : nam res quidem ipsa , et is dies ...
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... mihi res opportuna . 12 33 Meas literas quod requiris , impedior inopiā rerum , quas nullas habeo literis dignas ; quippe cui nec , quae13 accidunt , nec , quae1 aguntur , ullo modo probentur . Utinam coram tecum olim potius , quam per ...
... mihi res opportuna . 12 33 Meas literas quod requiris , impedior inopiā rerum , quas nullas habeo literis dignas ; quippe cui nec , quae13 accidunt , nec , quae1 aguntur , ullo modo probentur . Utinam coram tecum olim potius , quam per ...
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... mihi relictus , non oculos animo sed animum oculis sequor , qui eadem quae mens vident , quo- tiens non vident alia . Cogito , si quid in manibus , cogito ad verbum scribenti 25 emendantique similis , nunc pauciora nunc plura , ut vel ...
... mihi relictus , non oculos animo sed animum oculis sequor , qui eadem quae mens vident , quo- tiens non vident alia . Cogito , si quid in manibus , cogito ad verbum scribenti 25 emendantique similis , nunc pauciora nunc plura , ut vel ...
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¹² ¹³ ablative action adjective alii army atque autem battle castris cause CICERO clauses conception condition dear dependent English enim erat esse esset etiam expressed fact follow frequently fuit future gerund Greek haec hora hour idea illa indicative infinitive inter ipse Italy Latin less letter litteras Livy marked mean mihi minus modo natural neque never nihil nisi numerals object omitted omnes omnia oratio pars participle passive past perfect person PLINY precede present quae quam quia quid quidem quod quoque quum relative repetition replaced Roman sense sentences simple sine sometimes subjunctive substantive sunt tamen tenses things tibi tions tives translated Vale verb vero whole write
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Page 38 - 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 29 - ... 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 45 - ... 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 83 - 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 41 - ... of the rafters starting out from the roof. To add to this terrifying scene, the sky in a moment became so gloomy that I could now distinguish no particular object ; it was an Egyptian darkness indeed, such as might be felt ; owing, no doubt, to the prodigious clouds of dust and lime raised from so violent a concussion, and, as some reported, to sulphureous exhalations, but this I cannot affirm ; however, it is certain I found myself almost choked for near ten minutes.
Page 44 - Epistularum genera multa esse non ignoras, sed unum illud certissimum, cuius causa inventa res ipsa est, ut certiores faceremus absentes, si quid esset, quod eos scire aut nostra aut ipsorum interesset.
Page 47 - No, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long. You and Lord Bolingbroke are the only men to whom I write, and always in folio. You are indeed almost the only men I know, who either can write in this age, or whose writings will reach the next : others are mere mortals.
Page 35 - 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. I shall recount the errors which, in a few months, alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart.
Page 37 - 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 45 - 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, and at this present writing, being five o'clock in the afternoon, had found occasion to say to me "Mr. Cowper, you have not spoke since I came in; have you resolved never to speak again?