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Title: Latin for Beginners

Author: Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge

Release Date: April 25, 2006 [EBook #18251]

Language: English

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LATIN FOR BEGINNERS

BY

BENJAMIN L. D'OOGE, Ph.D.

Professor in the Michigan State Normal College

Ginn and Company
Boston - New Y