The Germany and Agricola of Tacitus, construed literally by dr. [J.A.] Giles |
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Page 2 - GILES'S KEYS TO THE CLASSICS. Translated Word for Word with the Text. These Keys will be of great use to beginners : they give the exact construing of the Greek and Latin Classics, as they are construed at the Universities and Public Schools, and they furnish a copia vcrbvmm, on which may afterwards be based a sound knowledge of the Classics.
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