The Latin Primer: In Three Parts : Part I. Rules of Construction ... : Part II. Rules of Position ... : Part III. A Large and Plain Description of the Latin Verse ... |
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... Composition in Verse . A summary Account of TERENCE'S METRES ; and a more minute one of the METRA HORATIANA ; With a Table designed to give a ready and perfect Knowledge of all HORACE'S METRES at one View . BY THE REV . RICHARD LYNE ...
... Composition in Verse . A summary Account of TERENCE'S METRES ; and a more minute one of the METRA HORATIANA ; With a Table designed to give a ready and perfect Knowledge of all HORACE'S METRES at one View . BY THE REV . RICHARD LYNE ...
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... composition ; and Mr. Lyne is of opinion that " the grand secret of position lies principally in these " two points , viz . " 1. That the word governed be placed before the " word , which governs it . " 2. That the word agreeing be ...
... composition ; and Mr. Lyne is of opinion that " the grand secret of position lies principally in these " two points , viz . " 1. That the word governed be placed before the " word , which governs it . " 2. That the word agreeing be ...
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... COMPOSITION . MIHI compositione velut amentis quibusdam nervisque in- tendi et concitari sententiæ videntur . Ideo eruditissimo cuique persuasum est , valere eum quam plurimum , non ad delectationem modo , sed ad motum quoque animorum ...
... COMPOSITION . MIHI compositione velut amentis quibusdam nervisque in- tendi et concitari sententiæ videntur . Ideo eruditissimo cuique persuasum est , valere eum quam plurimum , non ad delectationem modo , sed ad motum quoque animorum ...
Page 146
... composition , though they canno , like the scholar , account for the pleasure they receive , or give the reason why . Ideo- que docti rationem componendi gunt , etiam indocti voluptatem . - Id . By all means therefore let the learner ...
... composition , though they canno , like the scholar , account for the pleasure they receive , or give the reason why . Ideo- que docti rationem componendi gunt , etiam indocti voluptatem . - Id . By all means therefore let the learner ...
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... composition , they have no method ; and having no method , they have recourse to con- jecture , their chief counsellor , or to chance , the ge- neral one , for the manner in which they are to write . Hence , what is thus written , is ...
... composition , they have no method ; and having no method , they have recourse to con- jecture , their chief counsellor , or to chance , the ge- neral one , for the manner in which they are to write . Hence , what is thus written , is ...
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66 RULE Acat adjective or participle adjuncts adverb ætas Alcaic Alcmanic amor Anapest animo antecedent Archil Archilochian atque bona cadence Cæsar Cæsura Catalectic Choriambic Cicero construed Cretic cunque Dactyl Deus Dicolon Distrophon Dimeter ellipsis enim Epod etiam EXAMPLES exemplifying words feet genitive Glyconic habet hæc Hexameter Horace Iamb Iambic Iambus ille illud infinitive noun Ionics Italics Latin learner licet malè metre mihi mood neque nihil nominative notus nulla nunc omnes omnia omnium Pæon placed Plaut preposition primary clause principal verb Prosp quæ quàm QUESTIONS quibus Quid quidem Quinctilian quis quod quoque rebus Rule 9 sæpe says semper sentence shews sibi sort Spondee sunt syllable synalepha tamen Tetram Tetrameter tibi Tricolon Trim Trimeters Trochaic Trochee usque verb verse Virg viri vitæ word governed word or words word which governs
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Page 109 - JUSTUM et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quatit solida, neque Auster, Dux inquieti turbidus Adriae, 5 Nee fulminantis magna manus Jovis : Si fractus illabatur orbis, * Impavidum ferient ruinae.
Page 69 - Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 45 - Quaerit, et inventis miser abstinet, ac timet uti ; Vel quod res omnes timide gelideque ministrat, Dilator, spe longus, iners, avidusque futuri, Difficilis, querulus, laudator temporis acti Se puero, castigator censorque minorum.
Page 140 - Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra ? Quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet...
Page 99 - Nunc ego (namque super tibi erunt qui dicere laudes, Vare, tuas cupiant et tristia condere bella) agrestem tenui meditabor harundine Musam.
Page xx - Unconquer'd powers, th' immortal mind display'd, But worn with anxious thought the frame decay'd Pale o'er his lamp and in his cell retired, The Martyr Student faded and expired.
Page 120 - Hunc si mobilium turba Quiritium Certat tergeminis tollere honoribus ; Illum si proprio condidit horreo Quidquid de Libycis verritur areis.
Page 110 - La volupté mesme et le bon heur ne [se perçoivent] point sans vigueur et [sans esprit) : haec perinde sunt, ut illius animus qui ea possidet, Qui uti scit, ei bona; illi qui non utitur recte, mala».
Page 255 - Et labris captce, simulantis iram, Oscula figi. Jam licet vino madidos vetusto De die laetum recitare carmen : Flore, si te des hilarem, licebit Sumere noctem. Jam vide curas aquilone sparsas, :$ Mens viri fortis sibi constat, utrum Serius lethi citiusve tristis Advolat hora.
Page 68 - ... rusticus expectat, dum defluat amnis: at ille labitur et labetur in omne volubilis aevum.