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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Page 125
... natural and effectual mode of teaching ; as it cer- tainly is a shorter and more direct way of learning the Latin tongue than has been hitherto every where prac- tised in our country . When once the learner is well acquainted with the ...
... natural and effectual mode of teaching ; as it cer- tainly is a shorter and more direct way of learning the Latin tongue than has been hitherto every where prac- tised in our country . When once the learner is well acquainted with the ...
Page 133
... , and filio the dative , are set before agere , they being both governed by that infinitive or verbal noun ; nor can amici by any means be separated from N filio , with which it is even naturally connected ; RULE 3 . 133 POSITION .
... , and filio the dative , are set before agere , they being both governed by that infinitive or verbal noun ; nor can amici by any means be separated from N filio , with which it is even naturally connected ; RULE 3 . 133 POSITION .
Page 134
... naturally connected ; and Cæsar stands foremost here , as being the nominative case ; while that entire clause qui tum in Hispaniá mili- tabat comes before cupiebat , and before beneficium agere too , that the relative qui and its ...
... naturally connected ; and Cæsar stands foremost here , as being the nominative case ; while that entire clause qui tum in Hispaniá mili- tabat comes before cupiebat , and before beneficium agere too , that the relative qui and its ...
Page 137
... natural in the human mind , as it is for most echoes to repeat not the rise but the fall of sounds , even that with which the air is last affected , and with which only the ear is twice saluted , because it is that which is last and ...
... natural in the human mind , as it is for most echoes to repeat not the rise but the fall of sounds , even that with which the air is last affected , and with which only the ear is twice saluted , because it is that which is last and ...
Page 142
... natural im- portance of this nominative dies here , that fatal day , is happily accorded to by its being there placed , where it must needs make the last and most sensible impression on the reflecting mind . Transpose these words , thus ...
... natural im- portance of this nominative dies here , that fatal day , is happily accorded to by its being there placed , where it must needs make the last and most sensible impression on the reflecting mind . Transpose these words , thus ...
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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
Popular passages
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.