Easy Passages For Translation Into Latin Adapted To The Standard Of The Pass Examinations In The University Of Oxford

Author : J. Y. Sargent
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230433769
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (337 download)

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Download or read book Easy Passages for Translation Into Latin Adapted to the Standard of the Pass Examinations in the University of Oxford written by J. Y. Sargent and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... in thy soliloquies; follow me." He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock, and placing me on the top of it--" Cast thy eyes eastward," said he, " and tell me what thou seest." "I see," said I, " a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it." "The valley that thou seest," said he, "is the Vale of Misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity." "What is the reason," said I, " that the tide I see, rises out of a thick mist at one end and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other?" "What thou seest," said he, " is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation." 94. "Examine now," said he, " this sea, that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou" discoverest in it." "I see a bridge," said I, " standing in the midst of the tide." "The bridge thou seest," said he, "is human life; consider it attentively." Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which added to those that were entire, made up the number about a hundred. As I was counting the arches the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches, but that a great flood swept away the rest, and left the bridge in the ruinous condition I now beheld it. "But tell me farther," said he, "what thou discoverest on it" "I see multitudes of people passing over it," said I, " and a black cloud hanging on each end of it." 95. The genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. "Take thine eyes off the bridge," said he, "and tell me if thou yet seest anything...