Rest very much delighteth a married man—when he can get it.
Verbs of comparing govern a dative case, as
Ajacem “Surdo” componere sæpe solebam:
I was often accustomed to compare Ajax to the “Deaf un,”—not because he was hard of hearing, but hard in hitting.
Sometimes, however, they require an ablative case with the preposition cum; sometimes an accusative case with the prepositions ad and inter, as
Comparo Pompeium cum globo nivali:
I compare Pompey with a snow-ball.
Pompey is called in the schools a proper name. Whether it is a proper name for a nigger or not, may be questioned. It may also be doubted whether a negro can ever rightly be called “snow-ball,” except he be an ice man; in which case even though he should be the knave of clubs, it is obvious that he ought never to be black balled.
Si ad pensum verberatio comparetur nihil est: