A Manual Of Latin Prose Composition For The Use Of Schools And Colleges

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ... Circe's command,4 the whole scene5 is changed into a wild woodland landscape.6 Around, on every side, are groves of pines, whose boughs, diffused overhead, hang down after the manner of a fan,7 covered with moss, and weighed down with red and azure cones; while8 beneath the feet, yellow leaves heaped together make a carpet:9 the air10 (is) warm and balmy. You pass, on a wooden bridge, a rivulet running down with silver waves; thence you come forth into a very pleasant country,11 shining with the sun and with farms.12 Fences woven with wood13 divide the adjacent fields. Gates confront yon on the road, u to be opened by troops of boys. While the peasants, if any meet you, take off their hats as you pass:15 if you shall have sneezed, they say, 'God bless you '16 A11 the houses'7 in the villages and smaller towns1 are built with, hewn timber, TM and generally painted red.20 In the taverns, the floors strewn with tips of Jfyr-boughs21 breathe a fragrance. But22 among many villages a tavern does not23 occur, and the peasants in turn receive with hospitality those who may have come thither. 23 Pref. i. io. 24 Partic. perf. pass, of edo: abL abs. 85 Opus. 25 Virtus. 27 Bellum. Note To Exercise XXX. p. 104. The words in the original are Pythius quidam, qui argentariam faceret Syracusis.' The subjunctive is used, because the relative clause contains not merely a fact, but a fact suggestive, to a Roman, of the character of Pythius. Bankers in those days did not rank as modern bankers do. An Englishman, telling the story, would probably have said: 'A man named Pythius, a cunning fellow, and a banker at Syracuse.' PAET II.' I. Original Passage. THERE is something patriarchal still lingering about rural life in Sweden, which renders it a fit theme for.

This is the nineteenth volume of the 'Clydesdale Stud-Book', issued in 1897. This text will be of much value to those with a keen interest in 'The Clydesdale Horse Society', and to collectors of such antiquarian literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Preface', 'Additional Produce', 'Mares with Produce Nos. 12698-12997', 'Stallions Nos. 10148-10301', 'Corrections and Changes in Ownership', 'District Stallions', 'Premium Winners', 'Obituary', 'Roll of Members', 'Breeders and Owners', 'Mares', and 'Horses'. This text was originally published in 1897, and is proudly republished now complete with a new introduction on horse breeding and anatomy.