Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868. Excerpt: ... EXEECISES IN LATIN PEOSE COMPOSITION. 1. Ouk gardens have many flowers. Good manners adorn boys. Often do foolish men deceive themselves. I have bought this field, and am going to buy that house. I have seen the soldiers whom we are going to send against the enemy. The city being taken, the troops laid waste the fields of the enemy. The poet recited his poems, and hoped that he would obtain great praise. It becomes him who has received a prize to be diligent for the future. Scipio conquered Hannibal at Zama, and put an end to the second Punic war. The senate of the Carthaginians sent ambassadors to Bome about the captives. 2. This young man is so unmindful of his duty, that we cannot entertain good hopes of him. Thus it came to pass that the Carians had to remove out of this island. Caesar built a bridge over the river Ehine, in order that he might be able the more easily to lead his forces into Germany. Miltiades did not fear the great army of the Persians, but, relying on the valour of the Athenians, desired to join battle as soon as possible. Sulla, who had accompanied Marius in the Jugurthine war, afterwards became his bitterest opponent. 3. My father and brother returned home yesterday. Let us go into the garden to pluck apples. A certain man told me that the traitors had been taken and slain. I saw a stone which had fallen from the clouds. He will send a faithful messenger to you. Without doubt you are able to translate these sentences into Latin, unless you have been very negligent. 4. The apples were so sour that we could not eat them. He who kills another without just cause is worthy of death. This man declared that he had lived twenty years in Aberdeen; but we did not believe him. The house that your friend built at Carthage, was plundered by th...
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