[The Moorland Cottage by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell]@TWC D-Link bookThe Moorland Cottage CHAPTER III 17/21
Well, Ned! and how are the classics going on? Fine fellow, that Virgil! Let me see, how does it begin? 'Arma, virumque cano, Trojae qui primus ab oris.' That's pretty well, I think, considering I've never opened him since I left school thirty years ago.
To be sure, I spent six hours a day at it when I was there.
Come now, I'll puzzle you.
Can you construe this? "Infir dealis, inoak noneis; inmud eelis, inclay noneis." "To be sure I can," said Edward, with a little contempt in his tone.
"Can you do this, sir? "Apud in is almi des ire, Mimis tres i neve require, Alo veri findit a gestis, His miseri ne ver at restis." But though Edward had made much progress, and gained three prizes, his moral training had been little attended to.
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