Parallel Extracts, Arranged for Translation Into English and Latin, with Notes on Idioms Volume 1 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1231772603 ISBN 13: 9781231772607

Synopsis

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ...of victory rang on every side. Plainly the day45 was lost, and with it the republic. In the24 blackest13 hour that the Netherland commonwealth had ever known, the fortitude of the stadtholder did not desert him16. Immoveable as3 a rock in the torrent he stemmed4' 1 the flight13 of his troops. Three squadrons of reserved13 cavalry, Balen's own, Vere's own, and Cecil's, were all3 that was left him, and9 at the head of these he essayed an advance12. He seemed41 the only man on the field11 not frightened; and menacing41, conjuring, persuading the fugitives for the love of 1 fatherland, of himself and his house, of their own honour, not to disgrace themselves, urging that all was not yet lost, and beseeching them rather to die like men on the field11 than to drown like dogs45 in the sea, he succeeded23 in rallying a portion of those nearest him. Motley. 16. (a) Sack Of Cremona. Hue inclinavit Antonius cingique vallum corona iussit. primo sagittis saxisque eminus certabant, maiore Flavianofum pernicie", in quos tela desuper librabantur; mox vallum portasque legionibus attribuit, ut dis5 cretus,a labor fortes ignavosque distingueret atque ipsa contention e decoris accenderentur. proxima Bedriacensi viae tertiani septiinanique sumpsere7, dexteriora valli octava ac septima Claudiana; tertiadecumanos ad Brixianam portam impetus tulit7. paulum inde morae, dum ex proximis agris ligones, 10 dolabras, et alii falces scalasque convectant: tum elatis" super capita scutis densa testudine succedunt. Komanae utrimque artes: pondera saxorum Vitelliani provolvunt, disiectam fluitantemque testudinem lanceis contisque scrutantur, donee soluta compage scutorum exsangucs aut laceros prosternerent39 15 multa cum strage Acerrimum4 tertiae septimaeque legi...

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1231772603
• ISBN 13: 9781231772607
• Binding: Paperback