THE POPULAR EDUCATOR. 



6. Cantus nos delectat. 7. Parentes a nobis diliguntur. 8. O mi fill, 

 nunquatn mihi pares ! 6. Frater me et te amat. 10. Egomet mihi 

 Bum proximus. 11. Tute tibi imperas bene. 12. Virtus propter sese 

 colitur. 33. Suapte natura virtus expetltur. 14. Cives de suismet 

 capitibus dimicant. 15. Sapiens omnia sua secum portat. 16. Nos 

 vobiscum de patris reditu gaudemus. 17. Tu tecuin pulchi-e pugnas. 

 18. Deus tecum est. 19. Ssepe animus secum discordat. 20. Hostes 

 nobiscum acriter pugnant. 21. Oratio tua tecum pugnat. 



EXERCISE 52. ENGLISH-LATIN. 



1. I carry all mine (my things) with me. 2. Do wise men carry all 

 their property (all theirs) with them ? 3. Thou lovest me, I love thee. 

 4. Thy life is pleasant to me, my life is pleasant to thee. 5. Bad men 

 always disagree with themselves. 6. The handling (pursuit) of letters 

 is very pleasant to us. 7. Men love themselves. 8. Do women love 

 themselves ? 9. Bad men love themselves very badly. 10. Virtue is 

 beautiful by (per) itself. 11. On account of thyself I love thee. 12. 

 My native country is more pleasant to me than thiiie to thee. 



KEY TO EXEBCISES IN LESSONS IN LATIN, XII. AND 

 XIII. (Vol. I., pp. 358, 388.) 



EXERCISE 39. LATIN-ENGLISH. 



1. Hope is uncertain and doubtful. 2. The power of hope is great 

 in the minds of men. 3. Is not the power of hope great in thy mind ? 

 4. Boys easily indulge in vain hope. 5. We ought not to lose the 

 hope of happier times in the miseries of life. 6. O hope, thou re- 

 freshest the minds of wretched men with a sweet solace ! 7. By vain 

 hope we are often deceived. 8. Human affairs are often uncertain 

 and doubtful. 9. The condition of human affairs is doubtful. 10. 

 Thou oughtest to oppose virtue to adverse things ; i.e., thou oughtest 

 to withstand adversity by virtue. 11. A wise man does not dread 

 adversity. 12. O human affairs, how often you deceive the minds 

 of men ! 13. The mind of a wise man is not beaten down by adversity. 



EXERCISE 40. ENGLISH-LATIN. 



1. Spes vitae iucerta er,t. 2. Spes long vitse est vana. 3. Spe 

 amniurn recreo. 4. Sapiens non facile in serumnis afftictatur. 5. 

 Fortium animos hominum afflictant adversse res. 6. Fortium hominum 

 animi adversis rebus affiictantur. 7. Spei solatio sapientis animus 

 recreatur. 8. Virtutem in vitse eerumnis non amittere debemus. 9. 

 Conditionis serumnsB hominem affiictant. 10. Spem felicioris temporis 

 amittit. 



EXERCISE 41. LATIN-ENGLISH. 



1. The faithfulness of friendship refreshes the mind in the wretched- 

 ness of life. 2. The examples of true friendship are rare. 3. To the 

 fidelity of friends we owe (our) safety in adversity. 4. A true friend 

 preserves his fidelity even iu the miseries of life. 5. Fidelity prepares 

 a port even for the wretched. 6. A safe port is prepared for me. 7. 

 An uoicorrupted friend is rare in adversity. 8. He rests in the fidelity 

 of (his) friends. 9. The coming of spring is sweet. 10. The day flies 

 quickly away. 11. Fair days are rare in spring. 12. He calls together 

 the soldiers into the city on (an) appointed day. 13. On a fixed day, 

 xny friends are called together into my house. 14. Sad are the days 

 of the wretched. 



EXERCISE 42. ENGLISH-LATIN. 



1. Veri amici fidem servant in serumnis vitse. 2. Fides amicitise non 

 est spes vana. 3. Barumue exemplum est fides incorrupt! amici? 

 4, In adversis rebus portum debemus veris amicis. 5. Verae amicitise 

 solatium amicos convocat. 6. Cito avolant sereni dies. 7. Certa die 

 convocant duces agmina. 8. Constitute die milites a rege convocantur. 

 9. Cupide adventum veris expecto. 10. In vere rara est tristis dies. 



EXERCISE 43. LATIN-ENGLISH. 



I. I have a faithful and dear friend. 2. Thy slave is unfaithful. 3. 

 The earth is round. 4. True friendship is everlasting. 5. Hunger 

 and thirst are troublesome. 6. The miser is never contented. 7. The 

 king is powerful. 8. Thy step is slow. 9. The virtue of thy father 

 is remarkable. 10. The fountain is clear and cold. 11. The generals 

 have an illustrious name. 12. A limpid river delights all men. 13. 

 The stag has high horns. 14. The affair is great and unusual. 15. 

 Here are vast marshes. 16. Credulous hope deceives boys. 17. Men 

 have a small day (short life). 18. No one is always happy. 19. The 

 ice is slippery. 20. The wooden bridge is guarded. 21. Not all soldiers 

 are brave. 22. The magnificent porticoes are defended. 23. The har- 

 bour is convenient. 24. "We eat with sharp teeth. 25. The night is 

 long and cold. 26. A good man is praised, a bad man is blamed. 27. 

 Old age is often morose (cross). 28. Unhoped-for safety comes. 29. 

 The sea is vast, deep, swelling. 30. Much desired rest is easily lost. 

 31. We learn Latin. 32. Dost thou not teach Greek ? 33. Barbarous 

 nations are distant. 34. Timorous hares fly away. 35. The flower is 

 perishable. 36. The last hour is coming. 37. Eiches are uncertain. 

 28. My mother loves ancient customs. 39. Thy words are hard. 40. 

 How moist is the ground. 41. The fields are not easily tilled in winter. 



EXERCISE 44. ETSTGLISH-LATIN. 



1. Amantur fidi amici. 2. Sunt mihi magnse divitise, or magnse 

 divitise sunt mihi, or raagna divitise mihi sunt. 3. Expectatam amici- 



tiam amittunt. 4. Humida est humus. 5. Nocet humus humida. 



6. Acuti dentes sunt leporibus. 7. Acutis dentibus edirnus onmes. 



8. Fortes sunt milites tui. 9. Fortesue sunt tui patris milites ? 10. 

 Credula spe delectautur. 11. Tauri cornua valida sunt. 12. Eximiaa 

 sunt regis virtutes. 13. Quam pulchra est portions. 14. Sermonem 

 Latinum discere debes. 15. Ultimo m horam expavescunt homines. 

 16. Valido agniine domus custoditur. 17. Avari vitautur. 18. Morosse 

 feminse nuuquam amantur. 19. Morosi sunt molesti. 20. Sempiterna 

 estne amicitia ? 21. Spes est sempiterna. 22. Quam tardi suut gradus 

 tui ! 23. Glacies lubrica est in hieme. 24. Nemo famein sitimque 

 diligit. 25. Quies avolat cito. 26. Commodus navibus est portus. 27. 

 Timidi nunquain sunt securi. 28. Sermone patris esiie contentus ? 

 29. Potentem priucipem feriunt. 30. Caduci flores leguutur. 31. In 

 itinere flores legit. 32. Graaca lingua est pulchra. 33. Ssepe inveuiuntur 

 tumida maria. 33. Exoptatse sunt consolatio quiesque verso amicitise. 

 34. Semper beatus est nemo. 



EXERCISE 45. LATIN-ENGLISH. 



1. Nothing is more suited to the nature of man than benevolence. 

 2. Nothing is more lovely than virtue. 3. Light is swifter than sound. 

 4. Nothing is better than wisdom. 5. Many men are more chattering 

 than swallows. 6. The poor are often more munificent than the rich. 



7. In adversity men are often more prudent than iu prosperity. 8. 

 The life of the richest is often very miserable. 9. The pretence of love 

 is worse than hatred. 10. Nothing is better than reason. 11. The sun 

 is greater than the earth. 12. The moon is less than the earth. 13. 

 The sage is the happiest of all men. 14. Homer is the most ancient 

 of all the Greek poets. 15. Flattery is a very great evil. 16. The city 

 of Syracuse (in Latin, the city Syracuse) is the greatest and most 

 beautiful of all the Grecian cities. 17. Evil speakers are very bad men. 

 18. Thy brothers are of all men the most given to evil speaking. 19. 

 In friendship, similarity of character has more power than relationship. 

 20. Thy sister is more amiable than mine. 



EXERCISE 46. ENGLISH-LATIN. 



1. Nihil est pejus quam amoris sirnulatio. 2. Maximus est sol. 3. 

 Sol major est quam luua. 4. Brevissima est hominum vita. 5. Divit- 

 issimi ssepe sunt iufelicissimi. 6. Pauperrimi nonnunquam sunt felicis- 

 simi. 7. Labor est facillimus. 8. Meus labor facilior est quam tuus. 



9. Mores homiuum sunt dissimillimi 10. Bex est munificentissiiuus. 

 11. Pessimi non scepe sunt felices. 12. Boiii suut felices. 13. 

 Optimi sunt felicissimi. 14. Felicissimus omnium est Deus. 15. Op- 

 timi a pessimis nouuunquam contemnuntur. 16. Infirinissima est 

 amici rnei valetudo. 17. Patris hortus pulcherrimus est. 18. Filii 

 hortus pulchrior est. 19. Difficillimus est labor. 20. Urbis muri sunt 

 humillimi. 21. Patriam amant plurimi. 22. Nihil melius est quam 

 virtus. 23. Portus est celeberrimus. 24. Deus omnium est maximus, 

 optimus et sapientissimus. 25. Lacedemoniorum mores eraut simpli- 

 cissimi. 26. Velocissimus est equus. 27. Corvi sunt nigerrimi. 28. 

 Pater tuus est benevolentissimus et munificentissirnus. 29. Frater 

 tuus domum pulcherrimam BBdificat. 30. Pulcherrima domus sedificatur 

 a fratre tuo. 31. Modestissimsa esse debent virgines. 32. Soror tua 

 modestior est quam frater. 33. Similis hominibus est simia. 34. 

 Similissima estne simia hominibus ? 35. Omnium animalium similis- 

 sima hominibus est simia. 36. Nihil dulcius est quam amicitia. 37. 

 Lacedemonii fortissiini erant. 38. Velocissima est lux. 39. Lux velo- 

 cior est quam sonitus. 



HISTORIC SKETCHES. XIV. 



THE PEOTECTOB OF THE COMMONWEALTH. 



AT the Eoyal Palace of Whitehall, on the 3rd of September, 1658, 

 a man lay dying. Eight days before he felt so confident of life 

 that he told his wife not to think he should die, as he felt sure 

 of the contrary. Now he was speechless, sinking ; and the last 

 thing about which he had seriously troubled himself was a 

 curious metaphysical one. " Tell me," he said to Sterry, a 

 minister who stood by him, "is it possible to fall from grace? " 

 " It is not possible," said the minister. " Then," exclaimed 

 the dying man, " I am safe ; for I know that I was once in 

 grace." 



The attention of all England was riveted on the sick room at 

 Whitehall, with keen and sincere interest. From the lips of 

 many went forth earnest prayers that God would be pleased to 

 spare the invalid's life ; in other hearts there were joy and exulta- 

 tion over the death of a sinner ; while in others, that should 

 have been kindly disposed, there was a certain sort of assurance 

 that there is something in the misfortunes of our greatest friends 

 which is not displeasing to us. A frightful wind-storm raged, 

 rooting up trees in the park, and tearing off the roofs of houses 

 in London. The friends of the dying argued that God was 

 giving warning of his intention to take to himself the great soul 

 of the sufferer ; his enemies argued that " the princes of the 



