Materials for German prose composition, or, Selections from modern English writers, with grammatical notes by dr. BuchheimCarl Adolf Buchheim 1868 |
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¹¹ 12 Turn 9 Turn accusative adjective adverb ALICE attributive adjective auxiliary verb briefly called clause compound expression compound term conditional mood corresponding foreign dative definite article denoting dered Dictionary Edition employed England English Notes Enniskilleners equivalent expletive expres expressed in German extract father Fcap fich finite verb FIREB foreign expression form in German French genitive German language Goethe grammatical Greek History horse idiomatic imperfect infinitive Insert King ladies larvæ Latin letter machen means never night note 13 note 9 noun omitted passive voice person phrase placed plural poetry preceding preposition present participle pression pronoun proper name qualifies refers rendered in German requires in German Retain Roman round rule SAMSON Schiller School sense sentence ſich signifies simply singular sion stands supine Supply synonymous thing tion tive transl Translate Washington Irving whilst whole wohl word young
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Página 239 - My metaphor will remind some of you of the famous picture in which Retzsch has depicted Satan playing at chess with man for his soul. Substitute for the mocking fiend in that picture, a calm, strong angel who is playing for love, as we say, and would rather lose than win — and I should accept it as an image of human life.
Página 244 - What trait of his private mind has he hidden in his dramas? One can discern, in his ample pictures of the gentleman and the king, what forms and humanities pleased him; his delight in troops of friends, in large hospitality, in cheerful giving.
Página 238 - Don't you think that we should all consider it to be a primary duty to learn at least the names and the moves of the pieces ; to have a notion of a gambit, and a keen eye for all the means of giving and getting out of check ? Do you not think that we should look with...
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Página 239 - In other words, education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature, under which name I include not merely things and their forces, but men and their ways ; and the fashioning of the affections and of the will into an earnest and loving desire to move in harmony with those laws.
Página 181 - You must therefore accept my most sincere acknowledgments in prose — and in hasty prose too ; for I am at present on my voyage to Greece once more, and surrounded by hurry and bustle, which hardly allow a moment even to gratitude and admiration to express themselves. I sailed from Genoa some days ago, was driven back by a gale of wind, and have since sailed again and arrived here, ' Leghorn,' this morning, to receive on board some Greek passengers for their struggling country.
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