Continuous Latin prose, exercises1880 |
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... side . In the meantime Ruthven snatching the dagger from the girdle of the man in armour , turned to the king and said , " Remember how unjustly my father was put to death by your commands ; you are now in my power , and if you do not ...
... side . In the meantime Ruthven snatching the dagger from the girdle of the man in armour , turned to the king and said , " Remember how unjustly my father was put to death by your commands ; you are now in my power , and if you do not ...
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... side of our nature his scheme would have been complete ; but he saw , or thought he saw , that all learning was dangerous , and so he discouraged all eloquence , literature , and fine arts . 3 1 Paraphrase this word . 2 In body and mind ...
... side of our nature his scheme would have been complete ; but he saw , or thought he saw , that all learning was dangerous , and so he discouraged all eloquence , literature , and fine arts . 3 1 Paraphrase this word . 2 In body and mind ...
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... side ; and that perhaps other States are only waiting on us to take the initiative , and will soon join us in curbing the restless ambition of the country which has disturbed Europe by its foreign wars , and horrified it by its domestic ...
... side ; and that perhaps other States are only waiting on us to take the initiative , and will soon join us in curbing the restless ambition of the country which has disturbed Europe by its foreign wars , and horrified it by its domestic ...
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... side should be chosen to decide the quarrel by the sword , like the ancient Horatii and Curiatii . The fight was appointed to take place at Perth , on 25th Sept. , 1396. On that day , however , it was found that one of the Clan Chattan ...
... side should be chosen to decide the quarrel by the sword , like the ancient Horatii and Curiatii . The fight was appointed to take place at Perth , on 25th Sept. , 1396. On that day , however , it was found that one of the Clan Chattan ...
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... side , that he might follow his occupation of fishing . Now , one night , he had gone out to look after his nets , leaving a small fire in his hut ; and when he came back , behold there was a fox in the cabin , taking the liberty to eat ...
... side , that he might follow his occupation of fishing . Now , one night , he had gone out to look after his nets , leaving a small fire in his hut ; and when he came back , behold there was a fox in the cabin , taking the liberty to eat ...
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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,