CLAUSES  OF  TIME                               I03

allies, that you have never refused to give grain to my army.
6.1 fear that the enemy will press our line hard. 7. I am afraid
you will not be able to capture the town. 8. Caesar was not
afraid that he would not conquer the enemy. 9. The Gauls
feared they would be surrounded by our men, who were even
then attacking them on the right flank. 10. Fear that he
would be defeated by bands of the enemy kept ^ the com¬
mander in his fortified camp. 11. Fear that there would not be
sufficient supplies kept the Gauls from advancing farther.
12. First, I am afraid that the enemy's army is greater than ours;
next, that we shall not be able to hold the commanding posi¬
tions. 13. Do you fear that you are not ready for battle?
Certainly not; but that I shall be prevented from pursuing the
enemy and obtaining great booty. 14. I am afraid to lead my
army into these forests for fear that the enemy may rush out
from some ambush and attack us. 15. The Gallic leaders were
afraid to try to restrain their men from hurling javelins at the
envoy. 16. There is no doubt that my men have not done ^
their best to cross ^ the river; and they were prevented from
doing it by this fear, that the enemy would attack them in the
stream.^

I. Sufficiently indicated by the tense to be used. 2. In choosing
the word for ' any ' here, do not overlook the really negative charac¬
ter of the sentence. 3. in w. ace. 4. ' kept . . . in ' = ^ held in.'
5. Watch the tenses carefully. 6. Find the proper Latin word by
seeking English synonyms of 'stream.'
 

LESSON   XXIV
CLAUSES OF TIME

125. We may look at an act by itself, without reference to
the time of any other act. Here our time-idea is absolute. On
the other hand, we may look at an act in its relation to some