Category: Adventure
Important note : If during the Middle Ages Latin evolved independently from its classical archetype, the humanists of the Renaissance strove to restore the original language by drawing from copies of the works of ancient authors. These copies being imperfect, the spelling of c...
Important note : If during the Middle Ages Latin evolved independently from its classical archetype, the humanists of the Renaissance strove to restore the original language by drawing from copies of the works of ancient authors. These copies being imperfect, the spelling of certain words was impaired with folk etymology and influenced by improper pronunciation, and the length of the vowels, despite its importance in the classical language, was and still is widely neglected. Only the rise of Indo-European studies, especially after 1850, helped restoring and gradually spread the original forms and sounds of the words. Older works, when they are republished, may also benefit from the most r...
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16. Part 16Jam intellegere satis in prōmptū est hoc quoque arduum fuisse. Fossa enim, ut esset idōnea, sex pedum altitūdinem, octo vērō lātitūdinem requīrēbat. Ejus autem longitūdō octōgin...
3. Part 3Robinson hâc quidem nocte placidè admodum dormivit. Cùm tandem expergefactus diem jam non parùm processisse animadverteret, surrexit celeriter lamas venaturus ; sed cœli tempest...
6. Part 6Robinson, autem socio atque amico diù exoptato mirificè lætatus, blanditiis potiùs illum sibi devincire cupiebat ; nimirum existimabat duplicem non esse generis humani originem,...
5. Part 5Nullum unquàm negotium tam molestum tamque diuturnum Robinson susceperat, quàm cum cymbam fabricare adortus est. Multi alii animum abjecissent ; è manibus securis brevì excidiss...
12. Part 12Interim erat cōnsūmpta māxima pars nucum cocossae ejus, quam ūnam hūc ūsque invēnerat ; atque in lītore tam rārae appārēbant ostreae, ut hominī alendō nōn sufficerent. Itaque dē...
1. Part 1Important note : If during the Middle Ages Latin evolved independently from its classical archetype, the humanists of the Renaissance strove to restore the original language by...
2. Part 2At ecce repentè vehemens tempestas ab austro oritur. Spumabant fluctus, et in immensam surgebant altitudinem. Navis tamen stetit invicta ; sed cùm sex dies continuos atrox tempe...
15. Part 15Vix alma diēī lūx umbrās noctis dispulerat, cum Rōbinson rēs vīdit in aliō lūmine collocātās. Quod heri prūdentia, quod necessitās suādēbat, tunc stultum atque inūtile jūdicāvit...
13. Part 13Sub fīnem prandiī, ecce lamās accurrentēs ē longinquō prōspicit. Cōnfestim Rōbinson stāns in īnsidiīs, exspectat dōnec appropinquārent. Nōnnūllī jam praeterierant, sed extrā cap...
4. Part 4Postquàm diù secum meditatus fuit, recordatus est se puerum vidisse, quoties operariis aliquid magni ponderis erat moliendum, perticâ eos longâ crassâque uti, cujus extremam par...
17. Part 17Sīc prīmō Rōbinson hortō colendō exōrnandōque operam dedit. Scīlicet illum rīte in āreās jūstās dīvidit, quās trāmitibus rēctīs intersecat ; saepēs vīvās serit, opāca umbrācula,...
8. Part 8Robinson narrantem miratus, intellexit animal illud cornutum nihil aliud nisi capram esse aut hircum. Prætereà existimavit quoque navem scopulis adhæsisse, homines verò qui in e...
19. Part 19Addidit vērō, priusquam ambō illī in viam sē cōnferrent, necesse esse ut, arātō agrī deciēs majōre spatiō, sēmina sererentur ; auctō enim colōnōrum numerō, vīctum quoque necessā...
9. Part 9Illi verò, solo tormenti fragore exterriti, neque ignem, neque globum viderant ; itaque terror eorum Robinsonis exspectatione minor fuit. Cùm autem nihil circumspiciendo animadv...
7. Part 7Vendredi admoto igne truncum excavavit, atque duos intra menses id absolvit ; quod ægrè multorum annorum spatio Robinson solus confecisset. Jam præter vela remosque nihil defuit...
14. Part 14Neque tamen diū propter ānxietātem quiēscere potuit. Cum quidquid vīrium supererat collēgisset, ea quae ad cūram suī māximē necessāria essent, prope strātum pōnit, ut, sī propte...
18. Part 18Fīdissimus intereā Vendredi dominum nōn dēseruerat, etsī ipse potuisset multō celerius ē perīculō ēvādere, sī suae ūnīus salūtī cōnsuluisset. Cum autem dominum ante oculōs suōs...
10. Part 10Interim qui posteriori scaphâ advecti fuerant, sustulêre clamorem. Redditur et major à Robinsonis commilitonibus ; hoc enim ille jusserat, ut advenæ in nemora allicerentur. Illi...
20. Part 20—-um → -ùm —Cùm eò aliâ viâ —Cùm haberet —Cùm Robinson à bestiis —Cùm tandem expergefactus —Cùm autem in eo —cùm minimè —Cùm enim otio —Cùm quidquid —Cùm totum se huic —cùm igne...