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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...demand our aid. 3. Cicero set out from Rome with a few friends. 4. The envoys withdrew from Corinth on the following day. 5. Many citizens were not able to escape from Saguntum. 6. The army is prepared, but the consul is delaying at Rome. 7.1 shall set out to Marseilles, where my friends live. 8. The king sent his son to Italy before the war. 9. Two of the boys had been in the forest three hours. 10. Many thousand prisoners who have been captured by the Romans will be given back. LESSON XVIII 1. The Gerund 2. The Gerundive (For rules, see page 24) Vocabulary accomplish, efficio, -ficere, -feci, lose, amitto, -mittere, -misi, -mis-fectum. sum. collect, cogo, -ere, coegi, coactum. much, multus, -a, -um. conquer, vinco, -ere, vici, victum. nothing, nihil, indecl., N. fight, pugnd, -are, -avi, -atum. still, tamen, adv. girl, puella, -ae, F. wife, uxor, -oris, F. hurl, conicio, -icere, -ieci, -iectum. Exercises 1. The enemy have no hope of conquering, but still they fight bravely. 2. We have collected all our forces, and we are prepared for (ad) setting out. 3. The Germans were desirous of capturing the town because there was much grain in it. 4. In capturing the town, we lost many men. 5. Divico accomplished nothing by delaying. 6. The Gauls drove back our men by hurling weapons. 7. Brutus had left his wife and children in Rome. 8. This girl wishes to remain at home with her brothers and sisters. 9. We shall return from Geneva in a few days. 10. We shall send two cohorts to Marseilles. LESSON XIX 1. Participles of Deponent Verbs 2. Position of Monosyllabic Prepositions (For rules, see page 25) Vocabulary arrival, adventus, -us, M. perish, pereo, -ire, -ii (-ivi), -itum. catch sight of, conspicor, -ari, reason, causa, -ae, F.-atus sum. ten, decem, indecl. num. eigh
