Continuous Latin prose, exercises1880 |
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... prisoner ; but long immunity from punishment had made them fearless , and so they laughed him to scorn . They little ... prisoners . 1 English uses such synonyms from want of a variety of pronouns and of cases . If expressed here it must ...
... prisoner ; but long immunity from punishment had made them fearless , and so they laughed him to scorn . They little ... prisoners . 1 English uses such synonyms from want of a variety of pronouns and of cases . If expressed here it must ...
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... prisoner Archibald Douglas , a warrior famous in the annals of his country , from the English at Poictiers , is curiously related by Fordun and Hume of Godscroft . Being arrayed in armour of a very sumptuous kind , he was supposed to be ...
... prisoner Archibald Douglas , a warrior famous in the annals of his country , from the English at Poictiers , is curiously related by Fordun and Hume of Godscroft . Being arrayed in armour of a very sumptuous kind , he was supposed to be ...
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... prisoner , and he cried out that he was a Roman , they pretended to be struck with terror , smote their thighs , and ... prisoners and cast them into his dungeon for trespassing in his grounds . Then he asked her also , what he had best ...
... prisoner , and he cried out that he was a Roman , they pretended to be struck with terror , smote their thighs , and ... prisoners and cast them into his dungeon for trespassing in his grounds . Then he asked her also , what he had best ...
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... prisoners , whom we had in our power , and whom we set free of our own free will , when we might have killed them , or held them in ransom . " ARNOLD . 121. An Omen . When the two armies fronted each other , and were on the very eve of ...
... prisoners , whom we had in our power , and whom we set free of our own free will , when we might have killed them , or held them in ransom . " ARNOLD . 121. An Omen . When the two armies fronted each other , and were on the very eve of ...
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... prisoner by the pirates despatched his people to raise money for his ransom . Perfectly fearless , he joined in the ... prisoners together with their money and imprisoned them at Pergamus . When he found that Junius who commanded in Asia ...
... prisoner by the pirates despatched his people to raise money for his ransom . Perfectly fearless , he joined in the ... prisoners together with their money and imprisoned them at Pergamus . When he found that Junius who commanded in Asia ...
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able action answer appear arms army asked authority battle beginning believe better boys brought Cæsar called camp carried cause Cicero clause coming command condition danger death died doubt Douglas enemy English expected fall father fear fell fight follow force fortune friends gained gave Gerundive give given hand head heard HONOURS hope immediately indicative Italy king land Latin laws learning lived looked means mind never Note object once passed period person PLUTARCH position present principal prisoner quam question quid quod quum received replied rest returned Roman Rome seemed seen Senate sent sentence side soldiers soon speak subjunctive success taken tell tenses things thought told took turned UNIV verb victory wanted whole
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Seite 163 - Is not a patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?
Seite 163 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
Seite 162 - What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
Seite 87 - Then he asked her also what he had best to do further to them. So she asked him what they were, whence they came, and whither they were bound, and he told her. Then she counselled him, that when he arose in the morning he should beat them without mercy.
Seite 164 - I am a solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be...
Seite 172 - But it may be truly said, that men too much conversant in office are rarely minds of remarkable enlargement. Their habits of office are apt to give them a turn to think the substance of business not to be much more important than the forms in which it is conducted. These forms are adapted to ordinary occasions ; and therefore persons who are nurtured in office do admirably well as long as things go on in their common order ; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters out, when a new and...
Seite 161 - I came home to my fortification, not feeling, as we say, the ground I went on, but terrified to the last degree, looking behind me at every two or three steps, mistaking every bush and tree, and fancying every stump at a distance to be a man.
Seite 153 - Then was committed that great crime, memorable for its singular atrocity, memorable for the tremendous retribution by which it was followed. The English captives were left at the mercy of the guards, and the guards determined to secure them for the night in the prison of the garrison, a chamber known by the fearful name of the Black Hole.
Seite 162 - The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now...
Seite 157 - I took to be of a child, which complained ' it could not get out. ' — I look'd up and down the passage, and, seeing neither man, woman, nor child, I went out without further attention. In my return back through the passage, I heard the same words repeated twice over ; and looking up, I saw it was a starling hung in a little cage. — 'I can't get out — I can't get out,