Gallic War, Libro 4

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Pagina iii - FOR some long time past it has been widely felt that a reduction in the cost of Classical Works used in schools generally, and more especially in those intended for boys of the middle classes, is at once desirable and not difficult of accomplishment. For the most part only portions of authors are read in the earlier stages of education, and a pupil is taken from one work to another in each successive half-year or term; so that a book needlessly large and proportionabiy expensive is laid aside after...
Pagina iii - Works used in schools generally, and more especially in those intended for boys of the middle classes, is at once desirable and not difficult of accomplishment. For the most part only portions of authors are read in the earlier stages of education, and a pupil is taken from one work to another in each successive half-year or term ; so that a book needlessly large and proportionably expensive is laid aside after a short and but partial use. In order, therefore, to meet what is certainly a want, Portions...
Pagina 81 - White. — A CONCISE LATIN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY, for the Use of Advanced Scholars and University Students By the Rev. JT WHITE, DD Royal 8vo.
Pagina 14 - ... ad nutum et ad tempus omnes res ab iis administrarentur. His dimissis, et ventum, et aestum uno tempore nactus secundum, dato signo, et sublatis anchoris, circiter millia passuum viii. ab eo loco progressus, aperto ac plano littore naves constituit.
Pagina 56 - That which serves for knowing" an object; hence) 1. A name. — 2.
Pagina 61 - For the most part, generally. plërusqne, plëräque, plêrumque, adj. [a strengthened form of plêrus, " very many "] 1. Sing. : The larger, or greater, part of. —2. Plur.: Very many, a very great part, most of. — As Subst.
Pagina 62 - To avail, etc. post, adv. and prep, [perhaps contracted from pone, " behind " ; est, " it is "] 1. Adv. : Of time : Afterwards, after, later, etc. — 2. Prep. gov. Ace. : a. Of place: After, behind. — b. Of time : After, subsequent to. post-ea, adv. [probably for post-earn ; ie post, " after " ; earn, acc.sing. fern. of is, "this," "that"] After this or that; afterwards, subsequently.
Pagina 67 - ] 1. Relative Adv. : (" To the time which "; hence) When.— 2. Causal Conj.: ("To the end that or which "; hence) Seeing that, since, as. rap-ax, acis, adj. [rap-io, " to seize "] (Of persons : " Prone to seize, grasping," eli\; hence) As a poetical epithet of rivers, the sea, etc.

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