19 18 as to render it difficult to believe that 20 it can all be such quantities used medicinally. 7, La9, bei 1, Say 'The region (Bereich, m.) of the docks seems (erscheinen) almost boundless (unbegrenzt), and even when the visitor begins his course (Wanderung, f.) with ever so (mit einem noch so) definite a plan about (über) the direction he intends to pursue (die einzuschlagende Richtung, Comp. S. 48, N. 6), (fo) he will constantly find himself allured (ab'lenken) from his path'. Supply the adverb doch before the adv. 'constantly'. 2, an etwas vorbei'gehen. 3, aus der ihm ein köstlicher Wohlgeruch von Gewürzen entgegenströmt. 4, hinein'gehen. 5, besichtigen; the pron. 'it' must be rendered by the persnl. pron. of the 3rd pers. pl. to agree with its antecedent 'Gewürze'. 6, Am Ende. gerraum, m. 8, an'füllen; for the constr. see S. 7, N. 3, B. näherer Besichtigung. 10, Construe according to the following model: This proves to be false, dies erweist sich als falsch. 11, von prächtiger Ofer farbe. 12, Say 'he recognises as heaps'. 13, Der darüberliegende Lagerraum. 14, an'füllen. 15, Chinarinde. 16, To render 'preparation of quinine' form a comp. n. of the corresponding German terms 'quinine' and 'preparation" (Bereitung); to use, verwenden. 17, doch, adverbial conjunction, see App. 24, B. 18, Menge, f., only used in the sing. 19, as - believe, daß es sich kaum glauben läßt. 20, that — medicinally = it (to agree with Artikel) could (Pres. Subj.) only be used (benußen) for (zu) medical purposes (Zweck, m.). Section 86. THE LONDON DOCKS. II. 1 3 4 8 2 10 On1 another floor of the same building may be found bundles of Pimento sticks and Malacca canes, a great store of mother-of-pearl, a heap of delicate 5, richly-tinted ear-shells, and a quantity of ivory. Here are elephants' teeth, some of which are larger than bricks and weigh fourteen pounds. Passing out of this building, we find ourselves in an enormous shed with little black boards, hung 1o at intervals, and bearing the names of vessels. Beneath these boards are 11 goods lying ready for shipment, and these are at least as varied 12 as the imports Here are pickles 14, blacking, a 15 cartload or so of bricks, and scores 16 of anvils. There are church-bells, a chest of drawers, a rocking-horse, a mangle, and boxes, bales, and barrels innumerable 18.-'THE GLOBE' NEWSPAPER. 17 11 13 1, Jn. 2, Use the Active Voice with 'man', and say 'one finds'. Comp. S. 4, N. 4. For the constr. see App. § 14. 3, Nelkenpfeffer, m. 4, Malakkarohr. 5, zart. 6, Seeohrmuscheln. 7, The clause must commence with the words 'of which'. 8, 'To pass out' here to leave, v. trans. Construe according to S. 55, N. 1. 9, to find oneself, sich befinden. 11, are Art. = 10, auf hängen; at, in. Construe according to S. 7, N. 3, B. shipment, liegen zur Einschiffung bestimmte Waren. 12, verschiedener 13, Einfuhrartikel. Use this noun in its unaltered form. 16, scores of, eine Unzahl von. 14, 15, Say 'one or two loads of bricks'. 17. Dort find. Comp. S. 82, N. 7. 18, in zahlloser Menge. Section 87. DR. JOHNSON ON1 DEBT. 9 12 8 Dr. Johnson held that debt is ruin. His words on the subject are weighty, and worthy of being held in remembrance. "Do not," said he, "accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience. You will find it a calamity. Poverty takes away so many means of doing good, and 10 produces so much inability to resist evil, that it 11 is by 12 all virtuous means to be avoided. Let 13 it be your first care, then, not to be in any man's debt. Resolve not to be poor. Whatever 16 you have, spend less. Poverty 17 is a great enemy to human happiness. It destroys liberty. It makes some 18 virtues impracticable 19 and others 20 extremely difficult. Frugality 2 is not only the basis of 22 quiet, but 23 of beneficence No 25 man can help others that wants himself. We must have 26 enough, before 27 we have to spare."-S. SMILES, SELF-HELP. 24 21 14 15 = 1, über das Schuldenmachen. 2, 'to hold' here to be of opinion, der Ansicht sein. 3, Say 'that debt (das Schuldenmachen) leads (Pres. Subj.; Comp. App. §§ 28 and 31) to ruin'. 4, Say 'What he says on (über) this subject (Gegenstand, m.) is important and worthy of our notice (Beachtung, f.)'. 5, Place the words 'said he' at the end of the whole clause. 6, When verbs and adjectives, governing a preposition, are used in a principal clause and are followed by a subordinate clause, either in the form of a supine (i.e. an infinitive with zu, see S. 1, N. 2) or beginning with a subordinative conjunction, the adverb da, in connection with the preposition required, is generally placed in the principal clause; as— We will accustom ourselves to be thrifty. Do not excuse yourself with having had no time. Wir wollen uns daran gewöhnen, sparsam Entschuldigen Sie sich nicht damit, daß The verb sich gewöhnen requires the prep. an. Construe accordingly, and use the 2nd pers. sing. 7, an inconvenience, als etwas Lästiges. 8, Say 'You will find that it leads to poverty', see S. 3, N. 2. 9, to take away, entziehen, after which supply the pron. uns (from us). 10, and-inability and makes us so often incapable. 11, it is... to be avoided = we must 12, by means, nach = avoid it (to agree with Armut), see S. 62, N. 4. besten Kräften. 13, Say 'Beware therefore (sich hüten) of running into debt'. To run into debt, Schulden machen. Use the Supine according to S. 34, N. 10. 14, sich etwas vor'nehmen. 15, not poor = not to get (geraten) into poverty. 16, Say 'However little (Wie gering, after which supply the adverb auch) thy income (Einnahme, f.) may be, lay up a part of the same 17, Armut ist dem Glücke feind. 19, impracticable impossible. 20, Supply here the 21, 'frugality' here thrift (to be used without 23, Supply here the 24, Wohlthun, n., to be used with the 25, Say 'He who (Wer, after which supply the (so lege doch einen Teil derselben zurück)'. 18, einzelne. adverb wiederum (again). the art.). = 22, of quiet, des innern Friedens. adverb auch, and see S. 6, N. 10. gen. of the def. art. = pron. selbst) needs (bedürfen, requires the gen. of the def. art.) help, cannot help others'. 26, to have enough, zur Genüge haben. (ehe) we can have to spare (etwas übrig haben)'. 27, Say 'before Section 88. A CURIOUS1 INSTRUMENT. 8 7 I. A gentleman, just returned from a journey to (S. 72, N. 4) London, was surrounded by his children, eager 5, after the first salutation was over, to hear the news, and still more eager to see the contents of a small portmanteau, which were, one by one, carefully unfolded and displayed to view. After having distributed amongst the children a few small presents, the father took his seat again, saying, that 10 he must confess he had brought from town 12, for his own use, something far more curious and valuable than any 13 of the little gifts (S. 16, N. 10) they had received. It was, he said 14, too good to present to any of them; but he would, if 16 they pleased, first give them a brief description of it (S. 4, N. 5, B), and 17 then perhaps they might be allowed to inspect it. 15 1, merkwürdig. form in German. 4, von; to surround, umrin'gen. were eager (begierig)'. 7, Since the antecedent of the pron. cubich (i.e. Inhalt) has no plural in German, the constr. of the passage 'which to view' must be altered. Let us say 'from which (aus welcher, to agree with Reisetasche in the fem. sing.) then (supply the adverb auch in this place) every piece was carefully unpacked (aus packen) and shown round (umher'zeigen)'. 8, Construe accord. to S. 55, N. 1; to distribute, vertei'len; amongst, unter, with the acc. The direct object must be placed before the words amongst the children'. 9, Say 'he sat down again and said'. 10, that he must confess, er wolle es nur gestehen. 11, This passage is best introduced by the conj. daß. Read carefully App. §§ 28 and 30. 12, aus der Stadt, which place before the p. p. (mitgebracht). 13, irgend eins. 14, Say 'he continued'. 15, See S. 19, N. 7, and supply here the pron. es; to any = to one. 16, Say 'if they wished it'. 17, und dann dürften sie es sich vielleicht ansehen. 2, The noun 'gentleman' may be used in its unaltered 3, heim'kehren; for the constr. see S. 7, N. 3, B. 5, Say 'who after the first salutations 6, der Inhalt, which has no plural. Section 89. 8 9 A CURIOUS INSTRUMENT. 10 1 II. 4 5 The children were accordingly 1 all attention, while the father thus 2 proceeded: "This small instrument displays the most perfect ingenuity of construction, and exquisite nicety and beauty of workmanship. From its extreme delicacy 1o, however, it 11 is so liable to injury, that it is always protected by a 12 sort of light curtain, adorned 13 with a beautiful fringe, and 1 so placed as to fall in a moment on the approach of the slightest danger. The 15 external appearance of the instrument is always more or less beautiful, though in this respect there 16 is a great diversity in the different sorts. The 17 internal contrivance, however, is the same so curious, and in its power so astonishing, that can suppress his surprise and admiration.” in all of them, and is no one who knows it 19 18 6, Use the gen, of the def. art. genau) and beautifully worked'. 9, extreme = = 2, folgendermaßen. 3, pro 5, most perfect = highest. 7, Say 'and is most exactly (unübertrefflich = 11, it-injury 12, a sort of = a 14, Say 'which extraordinary. 10, Empfindlichkeit, f. it is so easily exposed (aus'seßen) to (S. 3, N. 2) injury. certain. 13, Use the attributive constr., S. 7, N. 3. is placed (angebracht) so that it falls down at (bei) the approach of the slightest danger in a moment'. 15, The - appearance, Das Äußere. 16, Render 'there is' in this instance by 'besteht (there exists), which must be placed at the end of the passage, on account of the preceding subordinative conj. obgleich. 17, The internal contrivance, Der Mechanismus. 18, power efficacy, Wirksamkeit, L. 19, it = the same (to agree with Mechanismus). Section 90. A CURIOUS INSTRUMENT. III. = By a slight and momentary movement, which the owner can easily effect, he can1 ascertain 2 with considerable accuracy the size, colour, shape, weight (S. 10, N. 9), and value of any article whatever. 5 A' person possessed of one is thus saved from the necessity of asking a thousand questions and trying a variety of troublesome experiments, which would otherwise be necessary; and such a slow and laborious process would, after all, not succeed half so well as a single application of this admirable instrument." 8 N. 8), I wonder GEORGE. "If it is such a very useful thing 10 (S. 27, that 12 everybody, that can at all afford it, does not have one." 11 1, To avoid repetition render the verb can here by imftande sein. 2, bestimmen, which use in the form of a Supine and place at the end of the whole clause. 3, of whatever, irgend eines Gegenstandes. 6, and -ex7, Verfahren, n. 4, A- one =The possessor. 5, is questions = needs therefore (alsø) not (to) ask a thousand questions. To ask a question, eine Frage stellen. periments and to make various troublesome experiments. 8, after all not, doch nicht, which must not be placed between commas. Comp. S. 15, N. 3. 10, thing object. 11, I wonder, es wundert mich; we wonder, es wundert uns; you wonder, es wundert Sie. 12, that one = that not everybody, who can at all (irgend) make it possible, possesses the same (to agree with 'object'). FATHER. "These instruments are not so uncommon as you suppose; I myself happen to know several individuals who are possessed of one or two of them." CHARLES. "How large are they, father? Could I hold one in my hand?" 4 FATHER. "You might; but I should be very sorry to trust mine to you." 7 GEORGE. "You must take very great care of it, then ?" 14 1, individuals = persons. them of the same. = 13 17 FATHER. "Indeed I must. I intend every night to envelop 10 it in 11 the light curtain I mentioned; it must, besides, occasionally be washed in 12 a certain colourless liquid kept 13 for the purpose; but this is such a delicate 1 operation, that 15 persons, I find, are generally reluctant to perform it. But notwithstanding the tenderness 16 of this instrument, you will be surprised to hear that 18 it may be darted to a great distance, without 19 suffering the least injury, and without any danger of losing it." 2, who-one = who possess one. 3, of 4, Das könntest du wohl. 5, but - sorry = = but I should be very unwilling. 6, to trust anything to a person, einem etwas an' vertrauen. 7, to take great care of a thing, etwas sehr inacht nehmen. 8, then thus, also, which place after the object. 9, Gewiß muß ich das! 10, umhüllen. 11, in- mentioned with the above-mentioned light curtain. 12, in=with. 13, die man sich zu diesem Zwecke hält. 14, delicate critical, bedenklich or gefährlich. it that one, as I have found, performs (vollziehen) the same generally but (nur) very unwillingly (ungerne). 16, Empfindlichkeit. 17, you-hear you will hear with astonishment. 18, that distance, daß man es in weite Fernen werfen kann. 19, Say 'without that it suffers the least injury, and without that one runs any danger of losing [to lose] it.' Comp. S. 1, N. 3. = = = 15, that Section 92. A CURIOUS INSTRUMENT. V. = = CHARLES. "Indeed1! and how high can you dart it?" FATHER. "I should be afraid of telling you to what a distance it will reach, lest you should think I am jesting with you." GEORGE." Higher than this house, I suppose?" FATHER. "Much higher." CHARLES. Then, how do you get it again? FATHER. "It is easily cast down by a gentle movement that does it no injury." GEORGE. "But who can do that?" FATHER. "The person whose business it is to take care of it." CHARLES. "Well, I cannot understand you at all; but do tell us, father, what it is chiefly used for!" 1, Das wäre! 2, Say 'I almost fear to tell you what distances it can reach, that (damit) you may not believe that I am jesting with you'. 3, 'I suppose', in interrogative sentences, may be elegantly rendered by the adverb wohl: You have prepared your lesson well to-day, I suppose? Sie haben Ihre Lektion heute wohl gut studiert? In elliptic sentences, where the verb is omitted, wohl generally occupies the first place. 4, The adv. denn must stand after the object es. 5, The pron. 'you', used in a general sense, is mostly rendered by the indef. pron. man. 6, It-down, Es senkt sich... leicht wieder nach unten. The place of |