Gymnasium Sive Symbola Critica Abridged Intended To Assist The Classical Student In His Endeavours To Attain A Correct Latin Prose Style By The Rev Alexander Crombie Ll D Frs And Mrsl

Author : Alexander Crombie
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ISBN 13 : 9781330574164
Total Pages : 534 pages
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Download or read book Gymnasium Sive, Symbola Critica, Intended to Assist the Classical Student in His Endeavours to Attain a Correct Latin Prose Style (Classic Reprint) written by Alexander Crombie and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Gymnasium Sive, Symbola Critica, Intended to Assist the Classical Student in His Endeavours to Attain a Correct Latin Prose Style It will not be questioned by those, who are conversant in the study of philology, that the most successful means of acquiring a correct and critical acquaintance with a dead language, is to employ it, either in composition or translation, under the direction of a skilful master. Nor will it be doubted, that a capacity to express our own, or the sentiments of others, in a foreign tongue, with accuracy and elegance, is the most unequivocal proof of a perfect acquaintance with its grammar, its idiom, and its purest phraseology. A knowledge of the vocabulary, combined with a slender proficiency in the etymology and syntax, aided by a tolerably acute judgment, will enable a person to translate a foreign language into his own, with considerable correctness. Where a critical knowledge of the principles fails him, the context will frequently direct him to the meaning of the author; and what the scientific translator executes by his critical skill, the other frequently is able to accomplish by the aid of sagacity, and an acquaintance with the subject. But the converse operation is a more arduous task. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.