Thesaurus Linguæ Latinæ, or the Art of Translating English Into Latin at Sight - On the Plan of Le Trésor #221192

When I deplore, with so many learned men, the frequent loss Of several years in the acquisi-q tion, by English youth, of the foreign languages, and contemplate the deceptive quality of the mind through xwhich these studies, impressed upon it in one month, are cancelled and oblite rated in the next, a deficiency Of memory which has caused fortune to favour Language Masters, as their pupils can seldom emancipate them selves, I resolve to aid, with my best ability, and all my zeal, in subverting this evil ab ovo,fifi' preface.