ENGLISH LITERATURE. 



Gcnitort, father. ywit- 



.1., ]. ir.-utM. 

 f.'lo-v ....!, (ilasgow 

 Jo ono trudito, I am 



. distant, fur. 

 bin, 



listout, fur. 



, merchant. 

 . nioiiutiuu. 



le. 



Mobile, noble. 

 A'oii < mic'ora lurid', he 



boa not yet goua , 



out. 



\<>u it dutingtM. oue 



PreMo, Dour. close to, 



with, about. 

 Q4, herei 4i 7a, from 



hero (al*o, on thi 



Bid* | through thin 



pUoe,thruii 



iuthis world <>rlif<- . 

 Sctndt. he descends. 

 Schmtta, race, family. 

 Seorr* ylit, flows down. 

 Soito (fata, I have been. 

 Stamattina (for qu4-tta 



nwrt-ti-na. this moru- 



iug). 



T((o, roof. 

 I'no, one. 



iTon twUmino twcir*, 

 they did uot want 



to go out. 



Per tutlo. da j>*r (utto, 



everywInT.', iu all 



places, all oror. 

 Poc' auri (for jv5-co dn- 



ti), a little while or 



tiuio l*.'fore ; lately, 



the other day. 

 Praiucro, I shall dine. 

 Pranio. diuucr (dope 



)>i-a ii :o, alter diuucr; 



in tho afternoon). 



EXEECISE 15. 



1. IX-gli e ri-tor-mi-to dal bd-sco. 2. E' gia par-ti-to da Ni- 

 po-li. 3. I'-o 8(5-no tra-di-to da voi, da tut-ti. 4. Di-Hc-n-do da 

 -bi-le. 5. Lon-ta-no dai mie-i go-ni-to-ri. (J. 

 Da rhi cli-prn-il< ; -to voi? 7. Non si di-stm-guo 1* u-no dall" al- 

 tro. 8. Non o an-co-ra u-scf-to dul-la cit-ta. 9. Sce'n-de, ca-do 

 dal tet-to. 10. L" a-cqua scor-re giu m<5n-te. 11. Da per tut-to. 

 12. Da un din-to, da un la-to. 13. Non vo-le-va-no u-sci-re di 

 qua. 14. F ri-tor-na-ta p6c' an-zi di Prus-sia. 15. F-gli is di 

 -via. 16. S<5-no sta-to da mi-a so-rol-la. 17. Og-gi pran- 

 ze-r6 dal racr-can-te. 18. Dd-po pran-zo an-drd da lai. 19. E* 

 ve-nu-to sta-mat-ti-na da me. 20. E'-gli a-bi-ta, al-16g-gia, sta 

 da BU-O pa-dre (or in ca-sa di su-o pa-dre ; or pres-so 8ii-o pa-dre).* 



VOCABULABT. 



Di m(-o pd-dro, of my 



father. 

 Di <jui?-sfo gtar-di'-no, of 



this garden. 

 K'.ijli u-mn, he loves. 

 iT-cjli ))i?n-8a, he thinks. 



directs his thoughts 



to. 

 n let-to, the bed. 



EXERCISE 16. COLLOQUIAL. 



1. Dd-ve a-ve-te voi per-du-to il vo-atro li-bro ? 2. In que-sto 

 giar-di-no. 3. Mi-o pa-dre ha ri-co-vu-to u-na let-te-ra da n6- 

 stra zi-a. 4. Hai tu ri-ce-vii-to que-sto ro-ga-lo datu-a so-rel-la? 



5. Mi'-a ma-dre ha com-pni-to qur-sta cuf-fia da v6-atra ao-rel-la. 



6. n tem-pe-ri-no che ab-bia-mo ri-ce-vu-to da no-stro zi-o 6 bud- 

 no e bel-lo. 7. A'-mo mi-a so-rel-la. 8. Que-sta ma-dre a-ma 

 sii-o fi-glio. 9. Pen-so a mi-o fra-tel-lo. 10. Mi-a zi-a pen-sa a 

 sii-o fi-glio ed a su-a fi-glia. 11. Que-sto fan-ciul-lo ha sorit-to 

 u-na let-te-ra a sii-a ma-dre. 12. Mi-o zi-o ha ven-du-to fl sii-o 

 bel ca-val-lo a mi-o pa-dre. 13. H6 da- to il mi-o tem-pe-ri-no a 

 mi-a so-rel-la. 14. A-ve-te voi pre-sta-to la vo-stra om-brel-la a 

 mi'-o fra-tel-lo ? 15. H fi-glio di n6-stra zi-a e gran-dis-si-mo. 



16. Ab-bia-mo scrit-to u-na gran-de let-te-ra a n6-stro pa-dre. 



17. Mi-a zi-a ha ri-ce-vti-to que-sta cuf-fia de su-a fi-glia. 18. 

 A-ve-te voi ven-du-to la v6-stra ta-bac-chie-ra a mi-o pa-dro ? 

 19. Hd pre-sti-to a tu-o fra-tel-lo il tem-pe-ri-no che i-o h6 ri- 

 ce-vu-to da mi-o zi-o. 20. Ab-bia-mo da-to un man-tel-lo a que- 

 sto fan-ciiil-lo. 21. Hai tu pre-sta-to il tu-o li-bro a qae-sto 

 bu6n fan-eiul-lo ? 22. A-ve-te voi tro-va-to que-sta pon-n nel- 

 la scud-la ? 23. Pen-so a que-sto fi-glio ed a que-sta fi-glia. 



A, to. 



A mio fd.-d.re, to my 



father. 

 A qiw-sfo giar-<li-no, to 



this garden. 

 Do, from, by. 

 Da mf-o pa-dre, from 



my father. 

 Do-to, given. 



II cor-lf-I, yard, court- 



yard. 



I'-o ci-mo, I lore. 

 I'-o pvn-so, I think, di- 



rect my thoughts to. 

 La. atdn-za, room,cham- 



ber, apartment. 

 la ta-vo-la, the table. 

 Pr-td-to, lent. 



And not, e non. 

 Answer, ri-tp6-tta, t. 

 Ball, bdl-lo, in. 

 Cambridge, Cam-brig-g 

 Chase, ci(c-cia, f . 

 Coffee-house, ca/-/2, m. 

 Counting-house, cK(- 



to-jo, m. 

 Does he come, ttiln* 



t-gli. 

 Do you come, ue-m'-te 



voi. 



VOCABULARY. 



Fishing, p^-*ca,t f. 

 French, /ran-c<!-. 

 Furniture, < md-bt-li, 



pi. m. 

 Gentlemen, Si->jn*'>-re, 



m. 

 Has been already, e g\a 



ftd-to. 

 Has been sold, <5-iio 



std-ti rt'ii-dii-fi. 

 Has returned, I ri-for- 



nd-to. 



He come*, t-yK vil- 

 M. 



Here i, tc-co. 



His heir, it i- (pU 

 wJ-) t-ri-dt, m. 



His, tirO. 



I come, <^> Wit-yo. 



I expect, {-o a-rptt-to. 



Ii a hundred and nine- 

 ty mile*, ei *O-M ctn- 

 (o no-win-ta m(-ylia, 

 pL 



* To Bve or reside with one may also be translated by a-bi-id-rt (ol- 

 log-gid-re, std-re), in cd-a di qual-ct-no, to live or reside in the hoiiw of 

 some one, or pr-to qual-cii-iio, near some one. 



t Mind this important difference: p,<-*ca, fishing, fiahinK-plaoe, 

 fishery ; and -pl-tca, i>eacli j lividUy. black and blua spot (from a blow) ; 

 blow, thump, cuff. 



He, w 



l/rhortrUian(U> Otter. 



{torn. T-4ay.-rt 



trmMtUon(. 



Oxford, O.-/*f-4u. 



r ' (oomed/), *sv 

 Is not far. no* i Ion- 1 U-<fca, f. 



U-iu>. Iteturn. nttr.+.*o 



John, fJio-Mit-ni. 

 Latter. !.( i.mo, m. 

 Money, da-iwi.ro, m. 

 M..uth. U-M. m. 



TlrtM. HT4*. f. 



~ *-"-*. 



Where do . . . oosse 

 frost, e*t* *** 



lisBssMls. a**s*l tosse,e*sU^*e 



No, Sir, urn, 

 r. 



EXBBCUB 17. COLLOQUIAL. 



1. He comes from the riding-school, and not from the garden. 

 2. From Hamburg to Paris is a hundred and ninety French 

 miles. 3. Oxford is not far from London. 4. Does he corns 

 from the shop P &. No, Sir, he comes from the oonnting-boos*. 

 6. Do you come from the play ? 7. No, we come from the ball. 

 8. Tho furniture of Mr. Hall has been sold by his heirs. 9. Do 

 you como from the garde i P 10. No, I come from the eoffse 

 boose. 11. Where do these gentlemen come from t IS. Some 

 return from the chase, others from walking, and these hitter 

 from fishing. 13. Here is the money which has been sent to me 

 by the father. 14. This depends on the mother, and not on the 

 brother. 15. The transition from virtue to vice is far shorter 

 than from vice to virtue. 1C. I expect an answer from John; 

 he has been already for three months in London. 17. William 

 has returned to-day from Paris, and his brother is expected from 

 Cambridge. 



KEY TO EXERCISES IN LESSONS IN ITALI.Alf.-XVL 

 EXKBCISK 13. 



1. I have sent the letter to John. 2. To shoot at a bird. S. The 

 merchant thinks of profit 4. A florin falls to the share of one. 5. 

 Every one draws the water to his mill (looks to number one). 6. From 

 words they came to blows. 7. To whom have yon shown Mf to 

 Peter or to the cousin ? 8. What are yon thinking of ? 9. I am 

 thinking of the future. 10. Shall we soon arrive at the next poet P 

 11. He ran immediately to the door. 12. He spoke to a straager. 

 13. He provoked him to aager. 14. He prefers good to eviL 15. His 

 conversation becomes tedious to me. 10. He reckons it a dishonour. 

 17. Liberality is imputed to him as a fault. 18. They were at the 

 chase, the wedding, the dinner, the supper, the ball. 19. Will yon go 

 to-morrow to the public masquerade ? to the concert P W. I shall go 

 to a ball to-morrow. 21. Go to learn, to write, to sleep, to eat. 21 

 They go for amuutment ; to take a walk. 23. Let us go to the ooAe. 

 house. 24. Which is the way to the post P to the Osssoa-aoBse P 

 25. He is at Berlin. 26. He lives at Florence. 87. He died at Not- 

 tiuirham. 23. He will conduct him to Chester. 29. She arrived at 

 Lyons. 30. He has arrived in Bristol. 3L He was bora in Ply- 

 mouth. 



EXERCISE 14. 



1. Tua madre ha prduto la sua ombrella. 2. Mia soceUa ha trormto 

 una penua. 3. Dove a vote voi comprato qnesto Umperino P 4. Hai 

 tu veduto il nostro cavalloP 5. Abbiamo vednto ua grand* osfceria, 

 6. Vostro piccolo frateUo ha un boon orologio. 7. Nostro faatsUo e 

 grande ma nostra soreUa 4 piccola. & Ho an oappeOo che e sftotto 

 bello. 9. L' orologio che avete comprato e booao. 10. Nostro sto he 

 ricevuto una letters, IL Questo figlio ha perduto saa madre. 

 Questa flglia ha perduto suo padre. 13, Qoesto regalo per ese%S 

 fiuiciullo. _______^__ 



LESSONS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE. VL 



FRCH THE DEATH OF CHAUCER TO THE ELIZA BETH AM 

 PERIOD. 



WITH the death of Chanoer and his few 



rariea the first period of English literatore doses, and it is 

 succeeded by a period of literary dearth. The last half of the 

 fourteenth century was, as we hare seen, in England, an age 

 of national unity and national glory, of religions and intellectual 

 energy. Bat, for the century which followed, England was 

 torn by the civil conflicts arising oot of the claims of the rival 

 houses of York and Lancaster. The flower of her nobles fell in 

 the field or on the seaffbld ; but the distresses of the nobles can 

 have been bnt small in comparison with those of other classes 

 In respect of foreign policy, except daring the short though 

 brilliant interlude of Henry V.'s French wars, the power and 

 influence of England sank very low. The religions - 



