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accent according ancient appears Arabic authority believe called character common considered correct crasin critics diphthong doubt edition Elision exceptions exist expression figure final former future give given Grammar Greek Hebrew Homeric indicative inserted instance introduced Kings language Latin latter learned means mentioned metrical nature never notice object observed occurs original particle passage perhaps Persian Persius Plautus poets preceding present principle probably produce Proserpine quæ quam question quid Quis quod quotes reader reason reference remark represented respect rule Sacy says Schw seems sense serpent short similar subjunctive substitute syllable Synæresis Synalæpha tense things tion translated true verb verse vowel writers γαρ δε εί εν και μεν τε την
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Page 108 - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.
Page 108 - He was a scholar, and a ripe, and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading: Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer.
Page 137 - ... national government to encroach upon the state authorities. The proof of this proposition turns upon the greater degree of influence which the state governments, if they administer their affairs with uprightness and prudence, will generally possess over the people ; a circumstance which at the same time teaches us, that there is an inherent and intrinsic weakness in all federal constitutions ; and that too much pains cannot be taken in their organization, to give them all the force which is compatible...
Page 55 - Hurl'd often cuts off the vowel at the end of a word, when the next word begins with a vowel...
Page 246 - Mercator metuens otium et oppidi Laudat rura sui ; mox reficit rates Quassas indocilis pauperiem pati. Est qui nee veteris pocula Massici Nee partem solido demere de die Spernit, nunc viridi membra sub arbuto Stratus, nunc ad aquae lene caput sacrae.
Page 43 - Quis datus, aut metae quam mollis flexus, et unde : Quis modus argento, quid fas optare, quid asper Utile nummus habet : patriae, carisque propinquis Quantum elargiri deceat : quem te Deus esse Jussit, et humana qua parte locatus es in re.
Page 61 - The mother of mankind, what time his pride Had cast him out from heaven, with all his host Of rebel angels ; by whose aid aspiring To set himself in glory...
Page 265 - And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Page 123 - Consider, my children, what that signifies, he finished them in six days. The meaning of it is this: that in six thousand years the Lord God will bring all things to an end. For with him one day is a thousand years; as himself testifieth, saying, Behold this day shall be as a thousand years.
Page 245 - Namque canebat, uti magnum per inane coacta Semina terrarumque animœque marisque fuissent / Et liquidi simul ignis : ut his exordia primis Omnia, et ipse tener mundi concreverit orbis...