Rebilius Cruso; Robinson Crusoe in Latin ... |
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aestimabam aestus aliquot anne aquâ arbores arcas arenâ aves Braziliâ Calefus canem cănis capro causâ cavernas Ceterùm chalybe Cortopem Cortops credidi credo cuncta cymbâ cymbam decerno demùm Deus dolium Elapsus erant Etenim fabis facilè feles fore fortasse fortè Gelavio Gelavius habebat hâc in insulâ hôc horologium hujus ignipultam illâ ille insulae interrogo invenio ipsâ Itaque item iterum jamque jubeo littus Lusitanice magnâ mare mari maris meâ meam mecum meis meos meum mihi minùs modò nave navem navis neque nitrati omnibus opus Pachus paene pisces plures Porrò portum posse pòst Postea postquam poteram potiùs praesepe primò primùm propter quâ quàm quanquam quatuor quidquid quô quòd quodam quum ratem Rebili redeo respondet Robinson rupe saccharo saccharum sane satis scaphâ scapham Secutor sensi suâ summâ super suprà tamen tandem tanquam tantùm terrâ Totopillo Totopillus trahulam tunc valdē velle ventus versùs videbatur video volo
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Page v - In the near future, some universal tongue will be sought for by the educated. If Latin be still learned in England, France, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Spain, this is still, as three centuries ago, the best for all Christendom. But perhaps even Latin will be beaten out of the schools.
Page iii - we have enormous endless repetition and much learning of the names of things. We begin with short sentences and a very limited number of verbs ; and we learn with the least possible number of rules.
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Page iii - the most approved classics, and the exercise of memory has been superseded by minute accuracy in the study of very limited pieces. In the natural mode
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