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13] 





(with Gen. 



VOCABULARY-. 



BaAoTTO, jr, i), the 



Hl'll. 

 OfOTTJI, -OU, 



I reach 

 towards, ntrivo 

 after (with Gen.). 

 , it becomes, 

 it in proper. 



, it is suit- 

 able. 



t, -aj, f), wisdom. 



spectator (Kn^. 



theatre). 

 MavOaco), I learn. 

 M(Xt (with Gen. of 



the thing, and 



Dat. of the per- 

 son), it concerns ; I a Spartan. 



fit\ft not, I have 



to do with. 

 Naur?)*, -ou, 6 t a 



sailor. 



or Aoo.), I hear. 

 AtfpodTTjf, -ow, d, a 



:vr. 



BAoirrai, I injure. 



A(TTOTJJ, -OV, (5, 



a master (Eng. 

 despot). 



EvKofffjua, -as, rj, de- 

 , politeness. 

 ia, -as, ij, tran- 

 quillity ; ^(ruxiaf 

 vytiv, to be quiet. 



EXERCISE 7. GREEK-ENGLISH. 



1. Mavflavf, ai vfewta, TJJV ao<piat>. 2. IloAtTT? irpfirn 

 I. TTJI> vtaytou aSoAto-xiav tytyoptv. 4. *fvye, u> iroAJra, 



5. TTJI/ opvtdoOijpa rtx^v 0au/uab/i/. 6. AKpoarais /cai 

 pcxTTjKct Jiffvxiav aytiv. 7. tou-ytTf, a> caurai, fappav. 

 8. Bop^as >ain-ay iroAAa/as /SAoirrt*. 9. Opeyf<r6f, w iroAirai, TTJS 

 10. 2i/y3apiTai rpv<pi}rai i)0<a>. 11. Naurais ^AJ TTJS 

 12. *vy*, a n*/xra. 13. Sira/marat /caATji/ 5oai/ 

 4. *eu7<u vfavjCH' rpu^TjTTjc. 15. 

 - AKOUJ, a> 5e<nroTa. 



ov, 6, 

 Sybarite. 



, 77, art. 

 .... -o, o, 

 voluptuary. 



EXERCISE 8. ENGLISH-GREEK. 



1. Flee, O Persians. 2. Bravery becomes citizens. 3. It 

 concerns a citizen to be quiet. 4. O youths, learn wisdom. 5. 

 They learn wisdom. 6. You learn wisdom. 7. I learn wisdom. 

 8. Wisdom is learned. 9. Decorum becomes a youth. 10. O 

 north wind, injure not the sailor. 11. sailor, avoid (<pfvyw) 

 the i north wind. 12. Tho north wind is avoided. 13. O Spartan, 

 strive after glory. 14. Chatterers, be quiet. 15. Abstain from 

 a chatterer. 



VOCABULARY. 



KAfTTTTJS, -OV, 0, a OlKfTTJS, -OU, 6, a 



thief. servant. 



Kprr^s, -ou, 6, a 

 judge. 



Maxojuw, I fight. 



Nai/a-yia, -as, f), ship- 

 wreck (literally 

 ship-break). 



-rjs, ], 

 justice. 

 Eiri^ifAo,uai (with 



Gen.), I care for. 

 EpaffTTjy, -ov, 6, a 



lover, a friend. 



EO-TI (with Gen.), it 



is the duty of. 



Tj, admirable 



a soldier. 

 6 X I/ ' Tr /s> -ou> o, an 



artist. 

 ppo), I nourish, 



bring up. 

 'euo-rTjy, -on, o, a liar. 



EXERCISE 9. GREEK-ENGLISH. 



1. H SirapriaTcoj/ aperij Oav^aa-Tij ijv. 2. Qfvyt, u> vtavia. 3. 

 *f vytrt , to epao-Tcu. 4. Oi K\firTcu (pfvyorrai. 5. Kpirais rptirti 

 SiKatoffwrj. 6. EffTt TWV <rr par ICDT lav irepi rtav iro\ircay fj.axfffOa.1. 

 7. Qfvyf fyfva-ras. 8. Effrt Sfffiro-rov (rifHf\taQa.i TV OIKCTUV. 



9. Mr; iciffTfve ^tvery. 10. Ttx vl1 "n v Tpt^ei i] rtxvn. 11. EK 

 tyfvaruv yiyvovrai /cAfirroi. 12. SirapTiaTai Sofrjs (cat TJ/ITJJ 

 fpao-rai TJO-OV. 13. Etc floppd ToAAcuos ytyuerat va.va.yia. 14. 

 &a,vt*ao/j.fi> TTJI/ 'Kpuov Tx l/7 7' / . 



EXERCISE 10. ENGLISH-GREEK. 



. The lovers of glory flee not. 2. Liars are not lovers of 

 virtue. 3. The virtue of the Spartan was admirable. 4. O 

 Spartans, believe not liars. 5. The art of (Mercury) Hermes 

 was admirable. 6. We admire the virtue of the Spartans. 7. 

 > Spartan, avoid a liar. 8. It is tho duty of a master to care 

 for his servant. 9. It is tho duty of servants to care for masters. 



10. The arts nourish the artists. 11. It becomes the soldiers 

 to fight for the citizens. 12. Be quiet, O north wind. 13. I 

 admire Mercury. 



KEY TO EXEBCISES IN LESSONS IN GREEK. IV. 



EXERCISE 3. GREEK-ENGLISH. 



1. Yield not to force. 2. The lyre dissipates cares. 3. Friendship 

 promises refupe and aid. 4. Care corrodes the heart. 5. Worship 

 (cultivate) tho Muses. 6. Do not believe false accusations. 7. Justice 

 often yields to injustice. 8. We are often worn down by hard (seven) 

 poverty. 9. Flee from (avoid) talkativeness. 10. Wickedness brings 

 PMC 11. Luxury begets injustice and avarice. 12. Avoid luxury as 

 a shame (or a bone). 13. True friendship arises through (from) virtue 

 and intercourse. 



EXKRCIBB 4. EirausH-GsiK. 



1. Ax -"tt fltai. 2. A*< x Tai.T W fro*. S. OM a*< 

 AXOTU< TUT ftiat. 5. *T.. TDK aA,or. 6. <I^<T< TH 

 rno al,* la , if M a,,a. 8. 'II f ta A,**, ,,a 7 ,. 9. 

 10. AAsjMMI <t>i\,a, <Va apcrnr 77>oTa<. 11. 

 Al fUftnvai \uovia, 



. 4. 



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VI.-DON QUIXOTE. 



ROMANTIC fiction, as it is understood in the modern world, in 

 generally believed to hare originated with the ".tthiopica " of 

 Heliodorns, a Thessalian bishop at the close of the fourth era. 

 tury. The plant was of quick growth, and romances were soon 

 written by many besides ecclesiastical dignitaries. Chiralij 

 developed a peculiar form of these compositions, and tna old 

 legends of Britain, Gaul, and Spain, reinforced by those of 

 other lands, were elaborately treated in a number of fabulon* 

 histories, abounding in strange adventures and wild '""'hint- 

 ments, and purporting to reflect the ideal of knightly heroism. 

 Many of these works were distinguished by a great dffal of 

 poetic fancy, varied at times by a kind of epic grandeur and 

 loftiness of thought ; but the style at length grew icto a man- 

 nerism, and degenerated into the merest extravagance and 

 absurdity. When the reality of chivalrous institutions had 

 departed, all that was vivid and true in such productions 

 vanished likewise. The stories of King Arthur and his Knighui 

 of the Bound Table, of Charlemagne and his Paladins, of 

 Orlando and Oliver, of Binaldo and Morgante, of the Cid and 

 others, have added a rich territory to literatnre, and several of 

 the Italian poets have drawn largely on such sources, ss our 

 own Spenser has also done. But when, in the early part of the 

 seventeenth century, Michael Cervantes began writing his sati- 

 rical romance of "Don Quixote," the epoch of mechanical 

 repetition had set in, and with it the epoch of worthless con- 

 ceits and insincere exaggerations. 



The career of Cervantes was in itself a romance. The scion 

 of an ancient house, ho was yet poor, and had to seek his 

 fortunes. As a soldier, ho was on board the Christian fleet at 

 the famous battle of Lepanto, which, in 1571, crippled the 

 Turkish naval power. On that occasion he was severely 

 wounded while fighting gallantly. Some years afterwards he 

 was taken by an Algerine corsair, and passed a considerable 

 period in captivity, from which he made unsuccessful efforts to 

 escape. Being at last ransomed, he served again in the 

 army, and then settled down to the practice of literatnre, to 

 which he had shown an early inclination. Novels, drama*. 

 satires, poems, and other works flowed from his pen ; but by 

 far the most celebrated of these productions is the immortal 

 " Don Quixote," the popularity of which, throughout the whole 

 civilised world, has never been surpassed, and which has fur- 

 nished to the general mind two figures the Don htrplf - TK) 

 Sanoho Panza which are a thousand times more real than 

 many of tho fleeting experiences of our lives. Cervantes, who 

 was not merely a great but a good man, died on the 23rd o/ 

 April, 1616, in his sixty-ninth year. It was the very same da) 

 on which Shakespeare died. 



In the composition of " Don Quixote," Cervantes had, be- 

 sides the general intention of producing an amusing work, the 

 special design of casting ridicule on the follies of those books 

 of k.iight-errantry to which the hidalgo of La J*M> U so 

 passionately devoted. With a hyperbolical race like the 

 Spaniards, it is easy to believe that snob stories may have done 

 actual harm, by fostering a habit of boastfulness and aggres- 

 sion, and discouraging the sober and reasonable pursuits of 

 civil life. Quixote is represented as a gentleman of La H~^mK l 

 who sits in his library the greater part of the year, reading 

 romances of chivalry until his brain is literally disordered 

 " His fancy," says Cervantes, " was filled with the things h 

 read of enchantments, quarrels, battles, challenges, wouuds, 

 wooings, loves, tempests, and impossible follies. And these 

 toys did so firmly possess his imagination with an infallible 

 opinion that all the machinery of dreamed inventions which he 

 read was true, that be accounted no history in the world to be 

 so certain and sincere as they were." After much brooding 

 over these fancies, Don Quixote resolves to go forth in the true 

 fashion of knight-errantry, and reform the abuses of the world, 



