Foliorum Centuriae. Selections for Translation Into Latin and Greek Prose Chiefly from the University and College Examination Papers

Hubert Ashton Holden

1858 - 512 pages

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Passages for Translation into Latin Prose 1464	1

King Alfred	7

Pleasure of study	13

The object of education	19

1	28

Domestic happiness the aim of all labour	31

Love of glory one of the strongest incentives	34

Of Vanity	40

410	280

Emulation ought not to be confined to a narrow	286

The Sienesehardships to which they were sub	292

S Johnson	294

Continuation of 358	298

Empire of reason so called	302

Scene in Rasselas	308

Sorrow	314

Characteristics of true eloquence	49

Regulation of desires	55

Letter	58

Aristomenes story of his escape	61

Studies their	62

Wallers forces routed by Prince Maurice and	67

Norwegian legislation	68

Character of Sir Thomas Coventry Lord Keeper	73

Phalaris	77

English and French Gardens	83

Letter	89

How flatterers are to be avoided	97

Grove	99

Latter days of Oliver Cromwell	103

Cicero	109

Pope	112

Letter to Buonamattai	121

Addison	122

Superficial not sound learning inimical to religion	127

Of Debt	133

Benefits of learning	139

Addison	142

210	144

Profligacy of politicians in the reign of Charles II Lord Macaulay	152

Death of Catherine of Arragon Queen of Hen VIII Hume	158

A Cowley	160

Prospect of the ruins of Rome in the 15th century Gibbon	161

Popularity not to be sought nor despised	164

242	166

Visit to the site of the mansion of Cornelia	167

Swift	168

Gradual development of the English Constitution T B Macaulay	172

Fiescos exhortations to the conspirators	173

Clarendon	177

The desire of communicating knowledge	178

Paramount value of good counsellors to princes	190

Eloquence how it differs from the other fine arts	196

292	202

Spectator	207

Effects of usurious transactions in the Carnatic	209

Retrospect of life suggestive of humility	215

The Carnatic	217

Milton	223

Robertson	225

Addison	226

The being of God proved from the beauty and order	229

S Johnson	233

Hume	234

Alaric king of the Goths accepts a ransom from	235

The probability of the Resurrection upon natural	237

Middleton	241

Povertyhow regarded by poets and philosophers S Johnson	243

J Butler	249

Character of James the First	255

Bacon	256

Successive growth and decay of plants	257

Barrow	262

Prevalent fashion of censuring public officers	263

Bell	264

Milton	269

Mischievous effects of unseasonable liberty	270

Monte Nuovo	320

The British empire	323

Love of our countrynot a principle of passion	329

Hooker	332

A field of battle described	333

Original rights of man in civil society	335

Homers notion of the state of the soul immedi	341

Gibbon	345

Proper constitution of boards	347

Hughes	348

Savage nationsferocity of their wars	353

Parallel between Shakespeare and Fletcher	359

Burke	362

Science of manufactures its effect on the masters	368

Aristotle his mistaken principles	374

Parliamentcommendation of their proceedings	380

Hooker	386

Literature in the 17th century	388

Wellingtons address to the inhabitants of Oporto	392

Miltonhis blindness	394

Sir J Herschel	395

Surrender of the Carthaginians to the Roman army Sir Walter Raleigh	398

The appearance of casualty in the occurrences	400

Employment variable	402

Arginusæ B C	406

Death of Nicholas di Rienzi A D 1354	407

Berkeley	408

Asem the manhater and the genius	414

P B Shelley	416

Ruskin	418

Job iv 1317	419

Burke	420

Bacon	424

Learning may pay homage to wealth	425

The dangers of an honest man in much company	431

Thomas Burnet	432

Hooker	433

Hume	435

The Spanish character	437

Defeat and death of Valens at the battle of	438

The virtue of moderation	441

Sir W Raleigh	445

Liberty of unlicensed printing	447

Ruskin	453

704	459

Fortuneits influence on character	461

Of the true use of history	465

Of benefits	467

Milton	468

Beauty and utility go hand in hand	474

Rinaldos oration to the Duke of Milan exciting	480

Love of truth	484

Burke	490

Of happiness	495

770	496

The true poet	502

Semper amari aliquid media inter gaudia serpit	503

Spectator	508

History	509

Thirlwall	510

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Common terms and phrases

ÆNEID affections ambition ancient appear army BACON battle beauty Belisarius body BURKE Cæsar cause character Cicero CLARENDON command CONYERS MIDDLETON courage crimes danger death delight desire doth eloquence emperor endeavour enemies esteem evil eyes fame favour fear fortune friends give glory Gonfaloniere greatest hand happiness HARTLEY COLERIDGE hath honour hope human humour Incitatus JEREMY TAYLOR justice kind king king's labour learning liberty live lords Lorenzo Majorian man's mankind manner ment MERCENARY WAR mind nation nature ness never noble observed occasion OLIVER CROMWELL opinion ourselves passions perfection person philosopher Plato pleasure Pompey possessed praise preserve prince punishment racter reason religion river Clyde Roman Rome Sertorius soldiers soul spirit strength suffered T. B. MACAULAY Tacitus temper things THOMAS ARNOLD thought Thucydides tion truth vigour Virgil virtue whilst whole wisdom Xenophon

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Title	Foliorum Centuriae. Selections for Translation Into Latin and Greek Prose Chiefly from the University and College Examination Papers
Author	Hubert Ashton Holden
Edition	2
Published	1858
Original from	National Library of Scotland
Digitized	15 Feb 2024
Length	512 pages

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