Longer exercises in Latin prose composition, chiefly tr. from the writings of modern Latinists: with an intr. and notes by J.W. Donaldson |
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... beauty , dignity , and majesty of Cicero ; and the ease , smoothness , and natural and simple elegance of Nepos ; so that he himself , as we said at starting , seemed to have come forth from the healthy atmosphere of antiquity , " un ...
... beauty , dignity , and majesty of Cicero ; and the ease , smoothness , and natural and simple elegance of Nepos ; so that he himself , as we said at starting , seemed to have come forth from the healthy atmosphere of antiquity , " un ...
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... beauty , without any endearing charm , without joy ; 12 and he acted accordingly only after the manner of a Greek 13 endued in the highest degree with an ardent imagination and 8 strong feelings . " 14 16 Perhaps , too , 6 EXERCISE IV .
... beauty , without any endearing charm , without joy ; 12 and he acted accordingly only after the manner of a Greek 13 endued in the highest degree with an ardent imagination and 8 strong feelings . " 14 16 Perhaps , too , 6 EXERCISE IV .
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... beauty , there are some , who , though given up3 to other pursuits and other studies , like sometimes to refer to a classical writer , either for amusement , or to verify a reference here and there , or to make a quotation . Nor are we ...
... beauty , there are some , who , though given up3 to other pursuits and other studies , like sometimes to refer to a classical writer , either for amusement , or to verify a reference here and there , or to make a quotation . Nor are we ...
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... beauty , " it is , for a noble heart , 18 really one of the happiest modes of life ; it was once my chosen vocation , 19 and it would have been well if I had been allowed to pursue it to the end . I am well aware 20 that in consequence ...
... beauty , " it is , for a noble heart , 18 really one of the happiest modes of life ; it was once my chosen vocation , 19 and it would have been well if I had been allowed to pursue it to the end . I am well aware 20 that in consequence ...
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... beauty of diction , and openly profess that it is even their principal object to ministers to the pleasure of their readers . One would more justly be surprised at this in Plato , whose tablets are said to have been found after his ...
... beauty of diction , and openly profess that it is even their principal object to ministers to the pleasure of their readers . One would more justly be surprised at this in Plato , whose tablets are said to have been found after his ...
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Page 99 - and tell you a truth, which perchance ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me, is, that he sent me so sharp and severe parents, and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in presence either of father or mother ; whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry, or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing...
Page 98 - I wist, all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 98 - Her parents, the Duke and Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park : I found her...
Page 101 - Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth ; yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Page 81 - If he had not so great a stock as some have had who flourished formerly, of knowledge long treasured up, he knew better by far than any man I ever was acquainted with, how to bring together within a short time, all that was necessary to establish, to illustrate, and to decorate that side of the question he supported.
Page 99 - God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened — yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways, which I will not name for the honour I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Page 99 - I bear them) so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr. Elmer ; who teacheth me so gently, so pleasantly, with such fair allurements to learning, that I think all the time nothing while I am with him. And when I am called from him, I fall on weeping, because whatsoever I do else but learning, is full of grief, trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me.
Page 81 - He stated his matter skilfully and powerfully. He particularly excelled in a most luminous explanation, and display of his subject. His style of argument was neither trite and vulgar nor subtle and abstruse. He hit the house just between wind and water.— And not being troubled with too anxious a zeal for any matter in question, he was never more tedious, or more earnest, than the pre-conceived opinions, and present temper of his hearers required ; to whom he was always in perfect unison. He conformed...