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Excerpt from A Handbook of Modern English MetreMy chief Object in the first eight chapters is to give a methodical and uncontroversial statement of the principles, which are alike the foundation and the outcome of my former work on English Metre, the second edition of which was published in 1901. In the later chapters I have gone on to treat of metre from the aesthetic side, and have ventured to put forward some suggestions as to the connexion...

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Excerpt from The Epistle of St.: James, the Greek Text With Introduction Notes and CommentsP. 144. - 2'irmi. The force of the future may be thus expressed when you come to inspect your treasures, the rust will be a witness that you have not used them as you ought.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historica...

Excerpt from Guide to the Choice of Classical Books: New Supplement (1879-1896)In revising a list like the present, one's attention is naturally drawn to the comparative rate of progress in the different departments of classical study. As far as I am able to judge, the greatest advances have been made in Archaeology, Epigraphy, Palaeography, and Comparative Philology. As regards Palaeography, the change which has taken place in the last twenty...

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Excerpt from Guide to the Choice of Classical BooksThe following list of books was drawn up in the first instance for the use of my own pupils at King's College. It is designed to supply a practical want, which has been often felt by myself in common, I Should think, with most other teachers and learners who have been engaged in the study of Greek and Roman authors. Both as learner and teacher I have continually found it a matter of difficulty...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Virgil's Messianic Eclogue, Its Meaning, Occasion, & Sources: Three StudiesFourth Eclogue.' Such being the relation of the Essays to each other, it was thought that they would be more interesting and more effective if combined in one volume, than if they were left stranded in separate periodicals which might not always be easily accessible.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books...

Excerpt from Guide to the Choice of Classical BooksUnder certain names I have added in smaller type a short list of illustrative works, notes, lexicons, introduc tions, translations, &c., With regard to the use of trans lations I should like to say a few words, as I think there is still in some minds a lurking idea of dishonesty attach ing to it, which it is very important to clear up. No doubt it is dishonest and morally injurious for any one...

Excerpt from M. Tullii Ciceronis De Natura Deorum, Vol. 3: Libri TresIN concluding a work Which has cost me many years of labour, it may not be out of place to state why I first undertook it and What I have tried to accomplish. Believing that the entrance of Chris tianity into the world is the central fact of man's.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comT...

Excerpt from Greek for BeginnersAnd not even the most enthusiastic admirer of Greek as a language will go so far as not to recognize the object of learning Greek in a knowledge of Ho mer, Sophocles, and Demosthenes, no less than in understanding the form of the aorist or use of the Cptative. But the only way by which the intellectual treasures to be found in the Greek language can be come so perfectly familiar as to have a real in¿uence in edu...

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A fully annotated edition of Cicero's ambitious theological dialogue, set against the backdrop of the Stoic and Epicurean philosophical schools.

Excerpt from Chapters on English MetreComparison of Milton, Tennyson and Browning in regard to the position of the pauses, the use of the feminine ending, and the substitution of other feet for the iamb. A favourite effect of Tennyson's is where the word ends on the short syllable of the iamb, giving a general trochaic or feminine rhythm. Double trochee occurs occasionally in Tennyson, and often in Browning. Examples of trisyllabic feet, tribr...

Excerpt from Guide to the Choice of Classical Books: New Supplement (1879-1896)Language Comparative Philology Historical Development of the Greek and Latin Languages and the Cognate Dialects.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reco...

Excerpt from Guide to the Choice of Classical Books: New Supplement (1879-1896)Language Comparative Philology Historical Development of the Greek and Latin Languages and the Cognate Dialects.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reco...

Excerpt from M. Tullii Ciceronis De Natura Deorum Libre Tres, Vol. 2: With Introduction and CommentaryAre attached. I have also to thank Prof. W. G. Adams of King's College, and my kind neighbours Dr Woolley.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology ...

Excerpt from A Sketch of Ancient Philosophy From Thales to CiceroBut, though I write in the first instance for Classical scholars, and have therefore thought myself at liberty to quote the original Greek and Latin, wherever it seemed expedient to do so I am not without hopes that what I have written may be found interesting and useful by.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ...

Excerpt from The Epistle of St. Jude and the Second Epistle of St. Peter: Greek Text With Introduction Notes and CommentsOne who undertakes to edit a book which has been the object of such minute and continuous study, as any portion of the New Testament has been, cannot but feel how insignificant is the contri bution which he can himself hope to make to its interpretation, as com pared with the accumulated work of preceding generations. His fi...