12. Marzo. 1827.
[4254,1] Pregiudicato, spregiudicato. Volgare ital.
[4254,2] Gratito, as, avi, atum. Mutito. Mutuito. V. Forcell.
[4254,3] Ho notato p. 1154
p.
2986 che i continuativi dai verbi della prima coniugazione si fanno in
ĭto, e possono perciò essere insieme o parimente frequentativi, come mussito ec. Similmente i continuativi formati da'
verbi che hanno i supini in ĭtum (usitati o antichi),
come domito, agito ec. Ma
non so s'io abbia notato p. 3619 che dai verbi della quarta,
supini in ītum, si fanno i continuativi in īto (non ĭto), i quali
perciò non si possono confondere coi frequentativi, malgrado la desinenza in ito. Come p. e. dormīto
as.
[4254,4]
Q136677766I know, by my own
experience, that the more one works, the more willing one is to work. We
are all, more or less, des animaux d'habitude.
I remember very well, that when I was in business, I wrote four or five
hours together every day, more willingly than I should now half an
hour.
Chesterfield, Letters to his son, lett. 318. Q136677766I have so little to do,
that I am surprised how I can find time to write to you so often. Do not
stare at the seeming paradox; for it is an undoubted truth, that the
less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. One yawns, one
procrastinates; one can do it when one will, and therefore one seldom
does it at all; whereas those who have a great deal of business, must
(to use a vulgar expression) buckle to it; and then they always
4255 find time enough to do it in. Lett.
320.
Q136677766It is not without some
difficulty that I snatch this moment of leisure from my extreme
idleness, to inform you of the present lamentable and astonishing state
of affairs here. Lett. 321.
(12. Marzo. 1827.). {{v. p.
4281.}}
