A day in ancient Rome; being a revision of Lohr's "Aus dem alten Rom", with numerous illustrations, by Edgar SShumway .. . 96 JOYFUL INTERCOURSE WITH THE ROMAN WRITERS. Augustan age. The reason may be that the old Roman literaturesurvives, and creates for us an intimacy with the classic ages, whichwe have no means of forming with the subsequent ones. Learn, therefore, to understand the language of the Romansthoroughly, so as to be able to converse with them at ease, and beassured that you will forget the painful task of the grammar in thejoyful intercourse, that you will feel a rare joy if you
A day in ancient Rome; being a revision of Lohr's "Aus dem alten Rom", with numerous illustrations, by Edgar SShumway .. . 96 JOYFUL INTERCOURSE WITH THE ROMAN WRITERS. Augustan age. The reason may be that the old Roman literaturesurvives, and creates for us an intimacy with the classic ages, whichwe have no means of forming with the subsequent ones. Learn, therefore, to understand the language of the Romansthoroughly, so as to be able to converse with them at ease, and beassured that you will forget the painful task of the grammar in thejoyful intercourse, that you will feel a rare joy if you at a later timeshall be permitted to greet on the very spot, as old and dear ac-quaintances, these temples and houses, these squares and streets,these valleys and hills. Alas, for TuUys voice, and Virgils lay,And Livys pictured page!—but these shall beHer resurrection.
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