New Latin Tutor ...Hilliard, Gray, & Company, 1832 |
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accusative ADAM.-RULE adjective alius anapest apud Ariovistus atque Cæsar cæsura catalectic Catiline Cicero clause cùm dactyle dico domus elegant elegantly ellip enall enemy ENGLISH equus etiam EXERCISE facio father feet fero followed foot friends genitive gerund habeo Helvetii hexameter homo honour Horat iambic iambic trimeter ille ipse magnus malè mihi mind mitto MODEL modò multus neque neut nihil nisi noster nullus nunc omnis opus participle pentameter periphrasis plupf plur possum preposition pres pronoun puer quæ quàm quantus quid quis quod Roman sentence sing sometimes spondee subj subjunctive subjunctive mood substantive sum impf sum perf suus syllable synon tamen tantus tempus tergum thee things tibi tmesis trochaic trochee TURNED INTO LATIN tuus unus urbs venio verb verò verse virtue volo vowel words
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Page 347 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 346 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 282 - Non ego vos posthac, viridi proiectus in antro, 75 dumosa pendere procul de rupe videbo; carmina nulla canam; non, me pascente, capellae, florentem cytisum et salices carpetis amaras.
Page 283 - Vox quoque per lucos vulgo exaudita silentes Ingens ; et simulacra modis pallentia miris Visa sub obscurum noctis ; pecudesque locutae, Infandum ! sistunt amnes, terraeque dehiscunt, Et maestum illacrimat templis ebur, aeraque sudant.
Page 345 - When in the slippery paths of youth With heedless steps I ran, Thine arm, unseen, conveyed me safe, And led me up to man.
Page 348 - What, though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; What, though no real voice nor sound Amidst their radiant orbs be found ; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing, as they shine, ' The hand that made us is Divine.
Page 344 - When all thy mercies, O my God, my rising soul surveys, transported with the view, I'm lost in wonder, love, and praise. No. 78. 3 2 O how shall words with equal warmth the gratitude declare, that .glows within my ravish'd heart! but thou canst read it there.
Page 346 - LITTLE inmate, full of mirth Chirping on my kitchen hearth. Wheresoe'er be thine abode, Always harbinger of good, Pay me for thy warm retreat With a song more soft and sweet ; In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give.
Page 294 - Paragoge is the addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word ; as, did, dicier.