The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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Page 37
... Cæsar's Commentaries in the afternoon . " Practise in the Latin rules till they are perfect in them ; afterwards in Mr. Leeds ' Greek Grammar . Examined as before . " Afterwards they proceed to Virgil , be- ginning at the same time to ...
... Cæsar's Commentaries in the afternoon . " Practise in the Latin rules till they are perfect in them ; afterwards in Mr. Leeds ' Greek Grammar . Examined as before . " Afterwards they proceed to Virgil , be- ginning at the same time to ...
Page 76
... Cæsar were born for conquest , so was Johnson for the office of a symposiarch , to preside in all conversa- tions ; and Sir J. Hawkins adds that he never yet saw the man who would venture to contest his right . Let it not , however , be ...
... Cæsar were born for conquest , so was Johnson for the office of a symposiarch , to preside in all conversa- tions ; and Sir J. Hawkins adds that he never yet saw the man who would venture to contest his right . Let it not , however , be ...
Page 234
... Cæsar : ' and in Eneid x . 1. 618 , • Ille tamen nostrâ deducit origine nomen . ' And as nullus is used for obscure , it is not in the genius of the Latin language to write nullius originis , for obscure extraction ? " I have defended ...
... Cæsar : ' and in Eneid x . 1. 618 , • Ille tamen nostrâ deducit origine nomen . ' And as nullus is used for obscure , it is not in the genius of the Latin language to write nullius originis , for obscure extraction ? " I have defended ...
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