Preparatory Latin Prose-book: Containing All the Latin Prose Necessary for Entering College. With References to Harkness's, Bullions & Morris's, and Andrews & Stoddard's Latin Grammars, Notes Critical and Explanatory, a Vocabulary, and a Geographical and Historical Index |
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Aedui aliis Allobroges animi animo apud Ariovistus atque autem belli bello bellum Caes Caesar castra Catilina causa Cicero Cilicia Clodius consilio consul copias cujus Deiotarus denotes dicere Dist Död ejus enim eorum erant erat esset etsi exercitu facere fuisse fuit Gallia Gaul habere haec Helvetii homines hominum hostium hujus igitur illa illi illo illud illum ipse ipsi Itaque legati loco Lucullus magis magna mihi modo multa neque nihil nisi nobis nunc omnes omni omnia omnibus omnium onis paullo periculo Pompey posse posset potest prae praetor primum pron propter quae quam quibus quid quidem Quirites quis quod quum rebus rei publicae rerum Roman Romani Rome Sall sed etiam semper senate sibi sine solum sunt tamen tibi unquam urbe vero virtute vobis
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Page 809 - ... est igitur haec, iudices, non scripta, sed nata lex, quam non didicimus, accepimus, legimus, verum ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus, ad quam non docti, sed facti, non instituti, sed imbuti sumus...
Page 877 - Mechanical Drawing. A Textbook of Geometrical Drawing for the use of Mechanics and Schools, in which the Definitions and Rules of Geometry are familiarly explained ; the Practical Problems are arranged from the most simple to the more complex, and in their description technicalities are avoided as much as possible. With illustrations for Drawing Plans, Sections, and Elevations of Railways and Machinery...
Page 176 - Caesar beneficiis ac munificentia magnus habebatur, integritate vitae Cato. Ille mansuetudine et misericordia clarus factus, huic severitas dignitatem addiderat. Caesar dando, sublevando, ignoscendo, Cato nihil largiundo gloriam adeptus est.
Page 877 - Text-Book of Geometrical Drawing for the use of Mechanics and Schools, in which the Definitions and Rules of Geometry are familiarly explained; the Practical Problems are arranged from the most simple to the more complex, and in their description technicalities are avoided as much as possible. With illustrations for Drawing Plans, Sections, and Elevations of Railways and Machinery: an Introduction to Isometrical Drawing, and an Essay on Linear Perspective and Shadows.
Page 471 - O Jupiter ! by the direction of thy auspices, I, here on the Palatine Hill, laid the first foundation of my city. The Sabines are already in possession of our Citadel, which they obtained by fraud, from thence they now make their way hither in arms, and have passed the middle of the valley, but do thou, O father of gods and men ! from hence, at least, repel the enemy, remove dismay from the minds of the Romans, and stop their shameful flight. I vow a temple here to thee, Jupiter Stator, as a testimony...
Page 387 - A testudo was formed (testudinem faceré) either in battle, to ward off the arrows and other missiles of the enemy, or which was more frequently the case, to form a protection to the soldiers when they advanced to the walls or gates of a town, for the purpose of attacking them. Sometimes the shields were so arranged as to make the testudo slope.
Page 565 - In the time of Cicero it was usual for a general, or a governor of a province, to report to the treasury the names of those under his command who had done good service to the state: those who were included in such report were said in beneftciis ad aerarium deferri.
Page 297 - Equo Troiano' creterrarum tria milia aut armatura varia peditatus et equitatus in aliqua pugna ? quae popularem admirationem habuerunt, delectationem tibi nullam attulis3 sent.
Page 543 - Quidam expressing quantitative indefiniteness, in the sense of nonnulli, aliquot, occurs more rarely. We must here observe that quidam, when joined to substantives and adjectives, is very often used merely to soften the expression, when the speaker feels that he has made use of too strong an expression, especially when he means to suggest that the word he has used, should not be taken in its literal, but in a figurative sense. The best Latin writers, and more particularly Cicero, are very scrupulous...
Page 313 - Acastus cum litteris praesto fuit uno et vicensimo die, sane strenue. Accepi tuas litteras, quibus intellexi te vereri ne superiores mihi redditae non essent. Omnes sunt...