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accusative Æneid Amulius Ancus apud army Athenians Athens ātis atque autem battle Belgae Bellovaci bellum Cæsar capiō Casticus castra Catiline Cicero clause comp conj consul Dumnorix eius enemy enim erant erat esset etiam express facere faciō father Faustulus fight fuit Gallia Gaul Greenough Helvetii illustrations of Lat indecl inter ipse itum killed king Lacedæmonians Latine Dicenda Latine Scribenda milia Miltiades neque nōn NOTES NOTES.1 Numitor omnes one's ōnis Orgetorix ōris ōrum participle plur posse prep pron quae quam quid quod rei publicae Remi Remus river Roman Rome Romulus Sabines senate sent sentence Sequani Servius Servius Tullius sibi subjunctive Suessiones sunt superl tamen Tarquin Tarquinius text illustrations Themistocles things tion Tullus urbem verb walls word in Latin
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Page 168 - Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae, propterea quod a cultu atque humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, minimeque ad eos mercatores saepe commeant atque ea quae ad effeminandos animos pertinent important, proximique sunt Germanis, qui trans Rhenum incolunt, quibuscum continenter bellum gerunt.
Page 168 - Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani, tertiam qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli appellantur.
Page iv - The way is this: After the three concordances learned, as I touched before, let the master read unto him the Epistles of Cicero, gathered together and Chosen out by Sturmius for the capacity of children.
Page 272 - Allowance for an old book in exchange, 35 cents. r"PHE aim of this book is to serve as a preparation for reading, writing, and (to a less degree) for speaking Latin, and to effect this object by grounding the learner thoroughly in the elements through abundant and varied exercises on the forms and more important constructions of the language. The idea determining and controlling the plan is the maximum of practice with the minimum of theory, on the principle that the thorough acquisition of the elements...
Page iv - Here ye do well." For I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.
Page iv - After this, the child must take a paper book, and sitting in some place, where no man shall prompt him, by himself, let him translate into English his former lesson. Then showing it to his master, let the master take from him his Latin book, and...