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ablative ablative absolute accusative active adjective ADVERBS advised agricolae amā āre ātus autem āvi bellum Cæsar capiō castra Cepheus clause CONJ conjugation consonant dative declined denote deponent verbs Diāna diēs direct object domina eius English eōs erant erat EXERCISES First learn expressed filia Galba Gauls genitive gerund Helvetii imperfect indicative indirect infinitive inflection intransitive verbs Iūlia Latin learn the special LESSON loved MASC masculine maximē mīlitēs nauta NEUT neuter nominative nōn noun oppidum ōrum participle passive penult Perf pilum PLUPERFECT plur Pompeii predicate preposition Pres present stem prō proelium pron pronoun Pūblius pupils quae quam quis quō quod regō rēs Review Roman Rōmānī rule SECOND DECLENSION sentence Sextus sing singular special vocabulary subjunctive sunt superl syllable tense sign third declension translated verb vērō vowel words
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Page 23 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Page 26 - Excelsior ! At break of day, as heavenward The pious monks of Saint Bernard Uttered the oft-repeated prayer, A voice cried through the startled air Excelsior ! A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device Excelsior ! There in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay, And from the sky, serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star, Excelsior ! POEMS ON SLAVERY.
Page 26 - Dark lowers the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide!' And loud that clarion voice replied. Excelsior! 'O stay,' the maiden said, 'and rest Thy weary head upon this breast!
Page 25 - mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior! In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the Pass!
Page 188 - ... -a, -um facillimus, -a, -um difficillimus, -a, -um simillimus, -a, -um dissimillimus, -a, -um humillimus, -a, -um gracillimus, -a, -um extremus "1 outermost, extimus / last mfimus"!
Page 57 - Here belong (1) masculine and feminine nouns ending in -is or -is if they have the same number of syllables in the genitive as in the nominative, and (2) neuters in -e, -al, -ar.
Page 49 - NUM. qui quae quod qui quae quae GEN. cuius cuius cuius quorum quarum. quorum DAT. cui cui cui quibus quibus quibus Ace. quem quam quod quos quas quae ABL. quo qua quo quibus quibus quibus Interrogative and Indefinite Pronouns 148.
Page 38 - When I was a little boy, I remember, one cold winter's morning, I was accosted by a smiling man with an axe on his shoulder. "My pretty boy," said he, "has your father a grindstone?" " Yes, sir," said I. " You are a fine little fellow," said he ; " will you let me grind my axe on it ?" Pleased with the compliment of " fine little fellow," " Oh yes, sir," I answered :
Page 147 - HERCULES Hercules, a Greek hero celebrated for his great strength, was pursued throughout his life by the hatred of Juno. While yet an infant, he strangled some serpents sent by the goddess to destroy him. During his boyhood and youth he performed various marvelous feats of strength, and on reaching manhood succeeded in delivering the Thebans from the oppression of the Minyae. In a fit of madness sent upon him by Juno, he slew his own children; and on consulting the Delphic oracle as to how he should...
Page 31 - I shall have been fuerimus we shall have been fueris you will have been fueritis you will have been fuerit he will have been fuerint they will have been 306.