Parallel Extracts Arranged for Translation Into English and Latin, with Notes and IdiomsMacmillan, 1876 - Latin language |
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... omnia ponere debemus by way of an accumulative intensive ( polysyndeton ) . Cf. ( 23 ) 2 ; ( 36 ) 19 ; ( 53 ) 6 . relatives . η . Double relatives in the same clause are common Double in Latin , rare in English ; e.g. quod qui dat , & c ...
... omnia ponere debemus by way of an accumulative intensive ( polysyndeton ) . Cf. ( 23 ) 2 ; ( 36 ) 19 ; ( 53 ) 6 . relatives . η . Double relatives in the same clause are common Double in Latin , rare in English ; e.g. quod qui dat , & c ...
Page xxvi
... omnia videmus , ' we see all things changing . ' ( ii ) pars arma capere , alii fugere , plerique metu tor- pebant , ' some seizing arms , others running away , most standing paralyzed with fear . ' ( iii ) ob haec , de hoc , ' owing to ...
... omnia videmus , ' we see all things changing . ' ( ii ) pars arma capere , alii fugere , plerique metu tor- pebant , ' some seizing arms , others running away , most standing paralyzed with fear . ' ( iii ) ob haec , de hoc , ' owing to ...
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... omnia ac- cidisse , quum unus imperator , unus exercitus hostium in Italia esset nunc duo bella Punica facta , duos ingentes exercitus , duos prope Hannibales in Italia esse . Quippe et Hasdru- balem , patre eodem2 Hamilcare genitum ...
... omnia ac- cidisse , quum unus imperator , unus exercitus hostium in Italia esset nunc duo bella Punica facta , duos ingentes exercitus , duos prope Hannibales in Italia esse . Quippe et Hasdru- balem , patre eodem2 Hamilcare genitum ...
Page 10
... omnia delubra vagae suppliciis votisque fati- gare deos . Tam sollicitae 12 ac suspensae1 civitati fama incerta 10 primo accidit , duos Narnienses equites in castra , quae in fau- cibus Umbriae opposita12 erant , venisse ex proelio ...
... omnia delubra vagae suppliciis votisque fati- gare deos . Tam sollicitae 12 ac suspensae1 civitati fama incerta 10 primo accidit , duos Narnienses equites in castra , quae in fau- cibus Umbriae opposita12 erant , venisse ex proelio ...
Page 12
... Omnia templa per totum triduum aequalem turbam 50 habuere , quum 25 matronae amplissima veste cum liberis , perinde ac si debellatum ' foret , omni solutae metu deis immortalibus grates agerent . Statum quoque civitatis ea victoria ...
... Omnia templa per totum triduum aequalem turbam 50 habuere , quum 25 matronae amplissima veste cum liberis , perinde ac si debellatum ' foret , omni solutae metu deis immortalibus grates agerent . Statum quoque civitatis ea victoria ...
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¹² ¹³ ablative absolute Achradina adeo adhuc adjective adverbs aetas alia alii aliquid aorist Arminius army atque autem castra CICERO copula cura dear deinde dependent clause eius enclitic English enim eodem epistola erant erat esset etiam expressed fuit gerund haec hora hostium hunc idea igitur illa illi illud inde infinitive inter ipsa ipse ipsum Itaque Latin letter litteras Livy magis magna main verb manu metu mihi minus modo multa Näg neque nihil nisi nocte nunc oculis omitted omnes omni omnia oratio obliqua pars particles passive periphrastic PLIN PLINY pluperfect posset postquam prepositions quae quam quamquam quia quibus quid quidem quis quisque quod quoque quum relative relative clause repetition Roman scribis semper sentences sine subj subjunctive substantival substantive sunt Tacitus tamen tantum tenses tibi tives translated urbe Vale verb vero
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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.
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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.
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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.
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