Excerpt from Caesar's Invasion of Britain: Adapted for the Use of Beginners; With Notes, Exercise, and Vocabularies
Caesar's 'invasion of Britain' is intended as a first Translation Book. The text, which has been taken from Books IV. And V. Of the Gallic War, has been simplified as much as possible; the vari ous constructions being introduced gradually to the learner's notice. On each construction will be found one or more exercises and an explanation or rule.
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Excerpt from Caesar's Invasion of Britain: Adapted for the Use of Beginners; With Notes, Exercise, and Vocabularies
Caesar's 'invasion of Britain' is intended as a first Translation Book. The text, which has been taken from Books IV. And V. Of the Gallic War, has been simplified as much as possible; the vari ous constructions being introduced gradually to the learner's notice. On each construction will be found one or more exercises and an explanation or rule.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Caesar's Invasion of Britain: Adapted for the Use of Beginners; With Notes, Exercise, and Vocabularies
In re-editing Welch and Duffield's edition of Caesar (Invasion of Britain), El. CL, I have made the following alterations and additions: I have changed the orthography of Latin words throughout the book so as to bring it into conformity with Brambach's 'Hulfsbuchlein fur lateinische Recht-schreibung,' and the Elementary Latin Dictionary of Dr. Charlton T. Lewis (Harper and Brothers, 1801). Accordingly, besides other changes, I have substituted everywhere cum for quum, and i for j.
In making my notes I have consulted, and not infrequently levied contributions upon other editions, and to explanations of a grammatical nature have added references to the grammars of Allen and Greenough, of Harkness, and of Gildersleeve (designated respectively A., H., and G.); but have used everywhere the nomenclature of A.
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