Fabulae Aesopi selectae or, Select fables of Aesop : with an English translation, more literal than any yet extant, designed for the readier instruction of beginners in the Latin tongue
288. Select Fables of with an Trans-"TABLES. JEsop, English-T more Literal than extant. H. Clarke.lation any ByyetFirst Boston Edition. muslin. Bost.i2mo, 1787/6 //oH ooD* rt O CH- Oco sft)COOuH. pgrt 3 H CDH' e P- oO (Dp t-oo*o n-OO R,Seleft FABLES of^SOP5WITHAn TRANSLATION,EnglijhMore LITERAL than extant,any yetfor the Readier INSTRUCTIONDefignedof BEGINNERS in the Latin 'Tongue.H. CLARKE,ByTEACHER of the LATIN LANGUAGE.The FIRST BOSTON from a of the lateltEDITION," CopyinEdition LONDON.printedBOSTON:Printed SAMUEL in State-Street.by HALL,1787,tPREFACE.hath confidered theduly greatthere is in our firflWHOEVERDifficulty encounteringwith the Idioms of the Latin the ofTongue, Varietywhich will fometimes anfwer to oneEnglijh Words,Latin whichwith the Miftakes rnuftone, many Boyscannotbe liable who formto,naturally immediatelyof the whichtolerableany Judgment Thing Theyare in muft in fome bej Meafure,engaged furely,to that the ex-brought acknowledge, having Thingsand cleared to thejr asplained up Underftandings,is the bed and Means ofmak-They go along, onlyThem and defirous to learn. Anding eager here,It be fomewhat ofa toreal throwperhaps, may Helpthe into a more and to de-yet eafyLanguage Light,fcend a little than Others have hitherto fub-lower,mitted Themfelves I will not refufe totqj^Forthat I am the Fear of too aown, apprehenfive, greatBaldnefs in the Tranflation hath deterred even Thofe,who have carried this ...
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Printed SAMUEL in State-Street.by HALL,
1787,tPREFACE.
hath confidered theduly great
there is in our firflWHOEVERDifficulty encountering
with the Idioms of the Latin the ofTongue, Variety
which will fometimes anfwer to oneEnglijh Words,
Latin whichwith the Miftakes rnuftone, many Boys
cannotbe liable who formto,naturally immediately
of the whichtolerableany Judgment Thing They
are in muft in fome bej Meafure,engaged furely,
to that the ex-brought acknowledge, having Things
and cleared to thejr asplained up Underftandings,
is the bed and Means ofmak-They go along, only
Them and defirous to learn. Anding eager here,
It be fomewhat ofa toreal throwperhaps, may Help
the into a more and to de-yet eafyLanguage Light,
fcend a little than Others have hitherto fub-lower,
mitted Themfelves I will not refufe totqj^For
that I am the Fear of too aown, apprehenfive, great
Baldnefs in the Tranflation hath deterred even Thofe,
who have carried this Affair farther than was at firft
it could have from iceverimagined gone, rendering
fo that ftill the moreChildrenplain, might readily
come2 PREFACE.
come into the andof the Conftruftion,Knowledge
aform better and Idea of the different Partsquicker
of Speech.
to cannot well be madeInftrucYionThings relating
too but to a orwrite in the Terms ofeafy j Pedant,
in fuch a of asorLownefs, Poverty ExprefTion^
dwindleth almoft is a toointo Nonfenfe, Hardfhip
to be fubmitted to Man of Butgreat by any Spirit.
alas ! Freedom ofStile is one Tranf-and literalThing,
lation another and the bed to commence an; Way
with firft to areadAcquaintance anyLanguage,is great
deal of a verbal Tranflation. When Wordsfingle
have been a Number of themapprehended rightly,
be the thatmay readily put together, remembering
Latin--for afuch a Word is fuch Thing affording
Learners the Pleafure and Incitement to-greateft
wards the a more confiderable jmaking Progrefs
the Conftrufbion of Phrafeswhereas, by attempting
too become and bewildered in aMaze.loft,foon, they
to theIt hath been therefore makethought proper
Words here to anfwer to the asLatin,Englijh gram-
-as where more3 and,matically pofiible expreffive
Ones often have been made Ufe Thofe,might of,
which are moft met have beenufually with, judged
Phrafe toothe moft convenient the thej varying
muchPREFACE. 3
rather to thanat firftmuch confound, grafttending
in the Memory.any Thing
* andnew Edition with the LatinA ofJSfop, Eng-
in their diftinft had beeneach Columns, longUJh
as Mr. Locke had before fuf-wifhed for ; but,ago
Verfion of it to be withfered an printedInterlineary
ishis Name in the Title itPage, highly probable,
fuch awould venture to undertake ;Nobody Thing
thealtho' You are told in the thatPreface, Defign
was to who had not the orThofe,help Opportunity
to learn the Latin GrammarLeifure ;Language by
leaddid not Him to have thewhich, confequently,
made with the StriflnefsEngHJh greateft grammatical
and left Room for to beto the at-Latin, fomething
which at an eafier Rate,tempted, might bejafforded
and what better anfwer the ofaCom-might Purpofes
mon School-Book.
the You have here a Collection ofwhole,Upon
the Part of the Fables done in an eafierMan-greateft
than extant and the farther Youner, -, enterany yet
the You will find fuchinto Book, little tak-Liberties*
en in the as fuit with tenderExfrcffton, may naturally
whilfl the
Capacities, Judgment ripens by Degrees.
the of the Roman andBefides, ItalickAdvantage
Characters
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Vide PREFACE to CLARKE'S CORDERY. **PREFACE.4
Characters ufed for the better In-being alternately
ftruflion of this is "Con-Young TranjlationBeginners,
trived to anfwer Line for Line and Care
;throughout
hath been taken to the Breaks ofgenerally avoi^i
Words fo in ofthis that it isfeature,frequent Things
next to an now to miftake.Impoflibility
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