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Excerpt: ...de Amicitia, or that excellent Epistle conteinyng almost the whole first book ad Q. fra: some Comedie of Terentius. // Terence or Plautus: but in Plautus, skilfull choice Plautus. // must be vsed by the master, to traine his Scholler to a iudgement, in cutting out perfitelie ouer old and vnproper Iul. Caesar. // wordes: Caes. Commentaries are to be read with all curiositie, in specially without all exception to be made, either by frende or foe, is seene, the vnspotted proprietie of the Latin tong, euen whan it was, as the Grecians say, in akme, that is, at the hiest pitch of all perfitenesse: or T. Liuius. // some Orations of T. Liuius, such as be both longest and plainest. These bookes, I would haue him read now, a good deale at euery lecture: for he shall not now vse dalie translation, but onely construe againe, and parse, where ye suspect, is any nede: yet, let him not omitte in these bookes, his former exercise, in The ready way to the Latin tong. 239 marking diligently, and writyng orderlie out his six pointes. And for translating, vse you your selfe, euery second or thyrd day, to chose out, some Epistle ad Atticum, some notable common place out of his Orations, or some other part of Tullie, by your discretion, which your scholer may not know where to finde: and translate it you your selfe, into plaine naturall English, and than giue it him to translate into Latin againe: allowyng him good space and tyme to do it, both with diligent heede, and good aduisement. Here his witte shalbe new set on worke: his iudgement, for right choice, trewlie tried: his memorie, for sure reteyning, better exercised, than by learning, any thing without the booke: & here, how much he hath proffited, shall plainly appeare. Whan he bringeth it translated vnto you, bring you forth the place of Tullie: lay them together: compare...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153720014 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153720019 |
| Weight | 0.33 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.23 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 94 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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