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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...
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...
3. Part 3Quantam vero conceperit Crusoëus noster lætitiam, quum primum ori suo frustum admovit, is tandem sibi fingere potest qui per quatuor hebdomades continuas nihil ciborum rite para...
6. Part 6Jam vero prandium paratum erat. Quantopere Robinson calidis et pinguibus cibis delectatus sit facile intellexeris. Calamitatum jam præteritarum oblitus, sibi in animo fingit non...
5. Part 5Primam noctem in arbore egit, ut tutus a feris esset ; et postero die iter persecutus est. Nec multum viæ confecerat, quum extremam insulæ partem ad meridiem attigit. Solum nonn...
14. Part 14“ Quid hoc sibi vult ? ” ait sēcum Rōbinson, dum euntem ānxiīs prōsequitur oculīs. “ Mēne homō dēserit, et ablātā secūrī aufugit ? an tam perfidus est ut meam domum occupet, ut...
2. Part 2Felici fato contigit ut ingens ille fluctus qui Crusoëum absorpserat, idem vi magna reciprocans*, hominem in terram exspueret. Qui quum præter exspectationem in sicco versaretur...
10. Part 10Intereā duo reliquī animam recēperant, atque ut erant aetāte rōbustiōrēs, praefectī dīligentiā servātī sunt. Cum autem juvenis, oculīs in mātrem conjectīs, mortuam esse intellēx...
4. Part 4Cujus otii pertæsum necessitas coegit ut varias res gerendas susciperet quas nunquam antea tentaverat. Jam diu consilium ollæ aut lampadis fabricandæ animo agitabat, quibus quid...
11. Part 11Rōbinson hāc quidem nocte placidē admodum dormīvit. Cum tandem expergēfactus diem jam nōn parum prōcessisse animadverteret, lectulō surrēxit celeriter lamās vēnātūrus. Sed caelī...
12. Part 12Interim cum mōns fūmum ēmittere dēsiisset, ad hiātum ipsum accēdere ausus est. Latera quoque et īmam partem ejus lāvā refrīgerātā opertam invēnit ; cumque nusquam vel minimum in...
7. Part 7Mox narrare incipit Friday quid in nave marique acciderit ; navem sibi montis instar lignei visam fuisse, in qua tres excelsæ arbores (mali scilicet) starent. Bestiam illam nigr...
13. Part 13Post prandium, hōram quiētī sub umbrā aut in spēluncā dabat, stante ad latus psittacō et lamīs circā dominum recubantibus. Tum ille interdum sedēns, animālia ista, in quae dēfīx...
15. Part 15Ipse autem requiēscere nōn poterat ; quippe enim imāgō nāvis cujusdam ad īnsulam appulsae mentī ejus semper obversābātur. Montem igitur cōnscendit unde ōra orientālis cōnspicī p...
9. Part 9↑Ut causas . . . ageret : plead in the law courts. ↑Rectæ rationi consentaneus : consistent with good sense. ↑Vereor ut concedant : I fear they will not allow. ↑Siquidem . . . c...
16. Part 16Sed prius quam proficīscerētur, Hispānus probī grātīque in Crūsōeum animī documentum ēdidit, quod et prūdentiam ejus mōnstrāvit. Nam cōnfessus est populārēs suōs, ipsīus īnstar,...
8. Part 8Interea accidit ut Hispanus et Sunday octo jam dies afuissent necdum rediisent. Friday sæpissime nunc ad montem procurrebat, nec tamen, quamvis intentis intueretur oculis, quidq...
17. Part 17↑Ut causās . . . ageret : plead in the law courts. ↑Rēctae ratiōnī cōnsentāneus : consistent with good sense. ↑Vereor ut concēdant : I fear they will not allow. ↑Siquidem . . ....