A Life of George Washington, in Latin Prose (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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The re might have been forty scholars present; Wenty-five of these were engaged 'in spelling, reading, and writing, a few in arithmetic, a small class in English grammar; and a half a dozen, like myself, had joined his school, for the benefit of his instruction in the Greek and Latin lan guages, preparatory to a more extended course in one of the Ohio seminaries.

The moment he learned that my intention was, to pursue the study of the languages with him, his whole soul appeared to beam from his countenance. He commenced in a strain, which in another would have seemed' pedantic, but which, in fact, was far from being so in him.

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