Foliorum Centuriae: Selections for Translation Into Latin and Greek Prose, Chiefly from the University and College Examination Papers |
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... passing his days in a calm , contemplative , undisturbed repose ; in the midst of rural shades and pleasant gardens . This was the scheme that Atticus followed : he had all the talents that could qualify a man to be useful to society ...
... passing his days in a calm , contemplative , undisturbed repose ; in the midst of rural shades and pleasant gardens . This was the scheme that Atticus followed : he had all the talents that could qualify a man to be useful to society ...
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... no one is surprised , if he find a man in company , to observe a greater elegance of dress and more pleasant flow of conversation , than when he passes his time at home , and with his own family . Wherein , then , into Latin Prose . 45.
... no one is surprised , if he find a man in company , to observe a greater elegance of dress and more pleasant flow of conversation , than when he passes his time at home , and with his own family . Wherein , then , into Latin Prose . 45.
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... pass , that such passions as are very unpleasant at all other times , are very agreeable when excited by proper descriptions . It is not strange that we should take delight in such passages as are apt to produce hope , joy , admiration ...
... pass , that such passions as are very unpleasant at all other times , are very agreeable when excited by proper descriptions . It is not strange that we should take delight in such passages as are apt to produce hope , joy , admiration ...
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... pass ; and here fortunately a glimpse of day- light caught his eye . Setting , therefore , his conductor at liberty , he worked with his hands till he made a pas- sage large enough for himself to creep into day , and he escaped to Eira ...
... pass ; and here fortunately a glimpse of day- light caught his eye . Setting , therefore , his conductor at liberty , he worked with his hands till he made a pas- sage large enough for himself to creep into day , and he escaped to Eira ...
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... pass his time but ill , who has so many different parties to please . When the mind hovers among such a variety of allure- ments , one had better settle on a way of life that is not the very best we might have chosen , than grow old ...
... pass his time but ill , who has so many different parties to please . When the mind hovers among such a variety of allure- ments , one had better settle on a way of life that is not the very best we might have chosen , than grow old ...
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Page 327 - Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple.
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