Nihil tunc temporis amplius quam flere poteram:
I could do nothing more at that time than weep.
Talking of weeping—how odd it is that an affectionate wife should cry when her husband is transported for life.
DOMESTIC ELOCUTION
“MY NAME IS NORVAL ON THE GRAMPIAN HILLS”
Satis eloquentiæ, sapientiæ parum:
Eloquence enough, wisdom little enough.
This quotation applies very forcibly to domestic oratory as practised by small boys at the instigation of their mamma, for the amusement of visitors. Those on whom “little bird with boothom wed,” “deep in the windingths of a whale,” or “my name is Nawval,” and the like recitations are inflicted, have “satis eloquentiæ”—enough of eloquence, in all conscience; and we cannot but think that “sapientiæ parum,” “wisdom little enough” is displayed by all the other parties concerned.
Some adverbs admit the cases of the nouns from which they are derived, as