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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ...falsehood, menzogna; on his forehead, in fronte. 7. Man, uomo; court, corte; Louis, Luigi; to play, giuocare; piquet, piechet'o; in, in; open gallery, galleria aperta; discovered, riconosciuto; badly, male; to discard, scartare; to exclaim, sclamare; downright, vero; name, nome; president, presidente; to pass, pasture; for, per; to enlighten, illuminare; time, tempo; to happen to be, trovarsi; by chance, a caso; behind, dietm; player, giuocatore; to perceive, osservare; feeling much offended at, moltn offesodi; tocite, citare; on such, in tale; occasion, occasione; said, disse; fool, meant to say.' 8. A traveller being in Spain, went to visit the famous library at the Escurial, where he found a very ignorant librarian. The king interrogated him respecting the library. "Itis very fine," said he, "but your Majesty ought to give to him who has the care of it the administration of its finances?" "Why so?" said the king. "Because," answered the traveller, "that man does not meddle with the deposit which is intrusted to him." sciocco; yon are right, avete ragione; replied, gli rispose; that is precisely, do e appunto; what, quel che; to mean to say, volere dire. 8. In Spain, in Ispagna; to go, andare; to visit, a visitare; famous, famoso; library, libreria; at the, dell'; where, dove; librarian, bibliotecario; ignorant, ignorante; king, re; to interrogate, interrogare; respectingthe, suquella; fine, bello; but, ma; Majesty, Maesta; ought, dovere; to give, dare; care, cura; administration amministrazione; finance, finanza; why so, eperche; to meddle with, toceare il; deposit, deposito; to intrust, cwifidare. LESSON XVII. TABLE OF THE IRREGULAR VERBS. There are only four irregular verbs in...