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Sitifan Posted 11 years ago
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Wheelock's Latin page xxxi
The unlearned or foolish fantastical, that smells but of learning (such fellows as have seen learned men in their days) will so Latin their tongues, that the simple cannot but wonder at their talk, and think surely they speak by some revelation.
Wheelock's Latin page xxxi
The unlearned or foolish fantastical, that smells but of learning (such fellows as have seen learned men in their days) will so Latin their tongues, that the simple cannot but wonder at their talk, and think surely they speak by some revelation.
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sitifan The unlearned or foolish fantastical, that smells but of learning (such fellows as have seen learned men in their days) — Subject. Latin — Verb (simple future of 'Latin') sitifan their tongues — Direct object sitifan that the simple cannot but wonder at their talk, and think surely they speak by some revelation. — Adverbial
- sitifan The unlearned or foolish fantastical, that smells but of learning (such fellows as have seen learned men in their days) — Subject.
- Latin — Verb (simple future of 'Latin') sitifan their tongues — Direct object sitifan that the simple cannot but wonder at their talk, and think surely they speak by some revelation.
- — Adverbial
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sitifanThe unlearned or foolish fantastical, that smells but of learning (such fellows as have seen learned men in their days)— Subject.
sitifanwill ...Latin— Verb (simple future of 'Latin')
sitifan their tongues— Direct object
sitifanthat the simple cannot but w
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Thank you very much for your help. What does smells but of learning mean?
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sitifanWhat does smells but of learning mean?ostensibly seems educated
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