Greetings I send an excerpt from a late 19th c. English Latin primer:
>From the Bankolidaid, Lib. I Charmer virumque I sing, Jack plumigeramque Arabellam. Costermonger erat Jack Jones, asinumque agitabat; In Convent Garden holus, sprouts vendidit asparagumque. Vendidit in Circo to the toffs Arabella the donah, Qua Piccadilly propinquat to Shaftesbury Avenue, ŝores. Jam Whitmonday adest; ex Newington Causeway the costers Erumpunt multi celebrare their annual beano; Quisque suum billycock habuere, et donah ferentes, Impositique rotis, popularia carmina singing, Happy with ale omnes-exceptis excipiendis. Gloomily drives Jack Jones, inconsolabilis heros; No companion habet, solus sine virgine coster. Per Boro', per Fleet Street, per Strand, sic itur ad "Empire"; Illinc Coventry Street peragunt in a merry procession, Qua Piccadilly propinquat to Shaftesbury Avenue tandem. Gloomily Jack vehitur. Sed amet qui never amavit! En! subito fugiunt dark thoughts; Arabella videtur. Quum subit illius pulcherrima bloomin' imago, Corde juvat Jack Jones; exclamat loudly "What ho, there!" Maiden ait "Deus, ecce Deus!" ŝoresque relinquit. Post asinum sedet illa; petunt Welsh harp prope Hendon. O fons Brent Reservoir! recubans sub tegmine brolli, Brachia complexus (yum yum!) Jack kissed Arabella; "Garn" ait illa rubens, et "Garn" reboatur ab Echo; Propositique tenax Jack "Swelp me lummy, I loves yer." Hinc illae lacrimae; "Jest one!" et "Saucy, give over." Tempora jam mutantur, et hats; caligine cinctus Oscula Jones iterat, mokoque inmittit habenas. Concertina manu sixteen discordia vocum Obloquitur; cantant (ne saevi, magne policeman) Noctem in Old Kent Road. Sic transit gloria Monday. >From Some Verses by F.S. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Later Latin Society:- http://www.informalmusic.com/latinsoc The Thomas Love Peacock Society:- http://www.informalmusic.com/Peacock Both societies have the same postal address: GPO Box 1189 Hobart TAS 7001 AUSTRALIA ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub