Exercises upon the Different Parts of Italian Speech, with References to Veneroni's Grammar / to which is added an abridgement of the Roman history, intended at once to make the learner acquainted with history, and the idiom of the Italian language

by Ferdinando Bottarelli

1. 1. The court
   2. corte
   3. which is
   4. éssere
   5. full of flatterers,
   6. piéno adulatóre
   7. is pernicious
   8. pernizióso
   9. to a prince,
   10. príncipe
   11. though he be
   12. rich in substance
   13. ricco sostánza
   14. and loaded with honours.
   15. colmáre onóre.

1. 1. A journey of twenty miles
   2. viággio venti míglia
   3. wearies a horse
   4. stancáre cavállo
   5. that is very hungry;
   6. fame
   7. for while
   8. perchè mentre
   9. he is wanting food,
   10. bramare di mangiare
   11. he goes slowly.
   12. andáre lentamente.

1. 1. Laziness
   2. pigrízia
   3. has need of spurs.
   4. bisógno speróne.

The Adjectives worthy, unworthy, adorned, encompassed, content, must have a Genitive after them.

1. 1. Those are unworthy
   2. éssere indégno
   3. of the glory of Heaven,
   4. glória Ciélo
   5. who do not think
   6. che crédere
   7. virtue worthy of love,
   8. virtù dégno amóre
   9. nor are contented with
   10. conténto
   11. the pleasure it gives.
   12. piacére che dare.

1. 1. A son endowed with excellent qualities
   2. figliuólo dotáto eccellénte qualità
   3. rejoices his father,
   4. rallegráre padre
   5. whose good example he imitates,
   6. buóno esempio imitáre
   7. whose comands he observes;
   8. comándo osserváre
   9. he is never in fear,
   10. mai paura
   11. for he provokes not
   12. perchè provocáre
   13. his father’s anger;
   14. padre cóllera
   15. he is always mindful of his own duty,
   16. sempre attento al dovére
   17. and is like a staff
   18. è come bastóne
   19. to his father’s old age.
   20. padre vecchiája.

1. 1. He who is endowed with
   2. quello dotáto
   3. fine qualities,
   4. bello qualità
   5. and does not behave himself well,
   6. comportársi bene
   7. is unworthy of men’s society.[1]
   8. éssere indégno uómo società.

1. 1. Those who are
   2. éssere
   3. contented with
   4. conténto
   5. their own condition,
   6. condizióne
   7. are worthy of
   8. degno
   9. the name of good Christians;
   10. nome buóno Cristiáno
   11. but such are very rare.
   12. ma raro.

1. 1. If the city of Naples
   2. se città Nápoli
   3. were encompassed
   4. circondáre
   5. with walls,
   6. muro
   7. it would be
   8. éssere[2]
   9. stronger than it is.
   10. forte