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Preface
Table of Contents
Sections 1-179: Sounds
Sections 180-396: Formation
Sections 397-712: Inflection of Nouns
Sections 713-1022: Inflection of Verbs
Sections 1023-1713: Sentences
Sections 1714-2299: Complex Sentences
Sections 2300-2745: Appendix
Index of Subjects
Index of Latin Words
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A LATIN GRAMMAR
FOR
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES,
BY
GEORGE M. LANE, Pƒ.D., LL.D.
PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF LATIN IN
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
REVISED EDITION
NEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
Copyright, 1898, 1903, by GĵǡŠƗƿŧǡ M. Lĵƿŧ and LLjǼƗǪĵ Vĵƿ RŧƿǪǪŧƯĵŧǡ.
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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
GŧLjǡƄŧ MĵǡǵƗƿ Lĵƿŧ died on the thirtieth of June, 1897. His Latin
Grammar, in the preparation of which he had been engaged, during the intervals of teaching in Harvard University, for nearly thirty years, was at that time approaching completion. The first two hundred and ninety-one pages had been stereotyped; the pages immediately following, on the Relative Sentence and the Conjunctive Particle Sentence through quod and quia (pages 292-302), together with the chapter on the Infinitive (pages 374-386), were ready for stereotyping; of the remainder of the book, pages 303-373 and 387-436 were in the form of a first draught; finally, he had received a few weeks before his death, but had never examined, the manuscript of the chapter on
Versification (pages 442-485), written at his invitation by his former pupil, Dr. Herman W. Hayley, now of Wesleyan University.
It was found that my dear and honoured master had left a written request that his work should be completed by me, in consultation with
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