Catonis disticha moralia, et Lilii monita p&dagogica; Or, Cato's moral distichs, and Lily's p&dagogical admonitions. With the following improvements, in a method intirely new. viz. The words of the author placed according to their grammatical construction, in the lower part of the page, and those of more than two syllables accented, to shew the right pronunciation. An alphabetical vocabulary of all the words, shewing their parts of speech and signification. The themes of the verbs with their government. A table of scanning, containing all the possible variations of hexameter and pentameter verses, by which every line of the author may be scanned. Lastly, the rhetorical figures are placed at the bottom of such page as they occur. For the use of schools. By John Stirling, D.D. vicar of Great Gaddesden, in Hertfordshire

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  • Catonis disticha moralia, et Lilii monita p&dagogica; Or, Cato's moral distichs, and Lily's p&dagogical admonitions. With the following improvements, in a method intirely new. viz. The words of the author placed according to their grammatical construction, in the lower part of the page, and those of more than two syllables accented, to shew the right pronunciation. An alphabetical vocabulary of all the words, shewing their parts of speech and signification. The themes of the verbs with their government. A table of scanning, containing all the possible variations of hexameter and pentameter verses, by which every line of the author may be scanned. Lastly, the rhetorical figures are placed at the bottom of such page as they occur. For the use of schools. By John Stirling, D.D. vicar of Great Gaddesden, in Hertfordshire
  • Catonis disticha. English.
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Imprint
London : Printed for John Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; R. Baldwin, M. Richardson, and S. Crowder, in Pater-noster-Row; and B. Law, in Ave-Mary-Lane, 1766. The fifth edition.; ..
Added name
Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234 B.C.-149 B.C.; Stirling, John, -1777.
Publication year
1766
ESTC No.
N68453
Grub Street ID
49855
Description
p.40 ; 12°.
Note
The disticha, wrongly attributed to Marcus Porcius Cato, in fact date from imperial times.
Uncontrolled note
Verify pagination. Dt's copy is imperfect