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Page 3 - GREENOUGH'S LATIN GRAMMAR. THE publication of this edition of the Classics was suggested by the constantly increasing demand by teachers for an edition which, by judicious notes, would give to the student the assistance really necessary to render his study profitable, furnishing explanations of passages difficult of interpretation, of peculiarities of Syntax, &c., and yet would require him to make faithful use of his Grammar and Dictionary. It is believed that this classical Series needs only to...
Page 119 - The brain is surrounded by three membranes — the dura mater, the arachnoid, and the pia mater ; and between the arachnoid and the pia mater lie the main trunks of the blood vessels of the brain.
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Page 145 - These follicles exist in all parts of the body, except the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, but they are most abundant where hairs are implanted.