us. a 106 seven ladder 113, was sort 116 of nest, youth! you are to be pitied 93! Cousin 94, one would have thought we carried 95 the crown diamonds.96 What caused 97 him so much solicitude 98 about 99 this portmanteau, was 100 his mistress's 101 letters. Supper 102 over 103, they left 104 Our host slept below 105, we in the upper room where we had supped.107 A loft 108 raised 1 109 some 110 or eight feet, which was reached 111 by 112 the resting-place 114 that awaited 115 us; a into which we were to introduce 117 ourselves by creeping 118 under joists 119 loaded 120 with provisions 121 for the year. My companion climbed up 122 alone, and, already nearly asleep 123, laid himself down with his head upon the precious 124 portmanteau. Having determined 125 to sit up 126, I made a good fire and seated myself by 127 the side of it. The night, which had been undisturbed 128, being nearly over 129, I began to reassure myself, when 131, about the time that 133 I thought the break of day 134 could not be far off135, I heard our host and his wife talking and disputing 136 below; and putting 137 my ear to the chimney 138 which communicated 139 with the one in the lower room, I 94 130 99 132 93 bedauern. Base or Cousine. 95 Subjunctive Imperfect. 96 Krondiamanten. 97 machen. 98 Sorge, f. 19 wegen. 100 in German the plural must stand here, since the subject is only generally expressed, and the chief saying is contained in the predicate. 103 vorüber, and say, when the 101 Geliebte. supper was over. 107 102 Abendessen. 104 verlassen, 108 Boden, m. 7 zu Abend essen. which one came; 114 Ruheplak, m. 109 105 unten. to come gelangen. 115 erwarten. 112 mittelst. 116 Urt, f. 117 sich einlassen. 118 friechen, and express the Part. by an adverbial sentence led by indem 120 beladen. 121 Lebensmittel, n. 124 kostbar. 125 beschließen. with the Subj. Imperf. 119 Querbalken, m. 122 hinaufklettern. 123 eingeschlafen. 126 aufbleiben, 127 say, near it, or thereat; at an. 128 ungestört. 129 say, passed vergehen, and express the Participle by an adverbial 130 beruhigen. 131 als, after which, the NomiPersonal Pronoun, must immediately follow. 134 Tagesanbruch. 135 weit entfernt. 136 streiten. perfectly distinguished 140 these words spoken 141 by the husband: “Well, let us see, must they both be killed? 142” To which 143 the wife replied, "Yes ;" and I heard no more. How shall I go on? 141 I stood 145 scarcely breathing 146, my body cold as marble 147; to have 148 seen me, you could hardly 149 have known 150 if151 I were alive 152 or dead. Good heavens when I think of it 153 now!-We two almost without weapons 154, against twelve or fifteen who had so many and my companion dead 155 with 156 sleep and fatigue 157! to call 158 him, or make a noise 159, I dared 160 not: to escape 161 alone was impossible; the window was not high, but below were two large dogs howling 162 like wolves. In what an agony 163 I was, imagine 164 if you can. At 165 the end of a long quarter of an hour 166 I heard some one on the stairs, and through the crack 167 of the door, I saw the father, his lamp 168 in one hand, and in the other, one of his large knives. He came up, his wife after him, I was behind the door; he opened it, but before 169 he came in, he put down 170 the lamp which his wife took.171 He then entered barefoot 172, and from outside 173 the woman said to him in a low 174 voice, shading 175 the light of the lamp with her hand, "Softly 176, go softly." When he got 177 to the ladder, he mounted 178 it, his knife between his 179 teeth 180, and getting up 181 as high as 182 the bed-the poor young 140 vernehmen. 141 construe the Part. as an Adj. to words. 142 abschlachten. 143 say, whereon; on auf. 144 fortfahren. 145 dastehen. 146 athmen. 149 157 153 150 wissen. 160 151 ob. 5 say, wagen. 147 Marmor, m. 118 165 an. 166 Viertelstunde, f. 171 167 163 Seelenangst, f. 168 Spalte, f. say, 172 barfuß. 176 sachte. 181 stei aufnehmen. 170 nieder sehen. 174 von draußen. 177 gelangen an. gen, led by indem. 182 say, up to the bed bis zu. 180 Zahn, m. man lying 183 with his throat 184 bare 185, with one hand he took his knife, and with the other,Oh cousin! - he seized 186 a ham 187 which hung 188 from the ceiling 189, cut a slice 190 from it 191, and retired 192 as he had come. The door was closed 193 again, the lamp disappeared 194, and I was left alone with my reflections. 195 As soon as day 196 appeared, all the family making 197 a great noise came to awaken 198 us as we had requested. 199 They brought us something to eat, and gave us a very clean 200, and a very good breakfast 201, I assure 202 you. Two capons 203 formed 204 part 205 of it 206, of which we must, said our hostess, take away' 207 one and eat the other. When I saw them I understood the meaning of those terrible words, "must they both be killed?” and I think 208, cousin, you have enough penetration 209 to guess 210 now what they signified.211 Oblige 212 me cousin, do not tell this story. In the first place 213, as you see, I do not play a good part 214 in it; next215, you would spoil 216 it. Stay 217, I do not flatter 218 you, but your face 219 would destroy 220 the effect of my tale.221 Without boasting 222, I have just 223 the countenance 224 to relate a fearful 225 story: but as for you 226, if you wish to tell a story, choose 227 a subject 228 that suits 229 your face- Psyche for example.2 V. DESIRE OF KNOWLEdge.1 Dr. Johnson and I (Boswell) took a sculler2 at3 the Temple stairs, and set out for 5 Greenwich. I asked him if he really thought a knowledge of the Greek and Latin 10 languages 11 an essential 12 requisite 13 to a14 good education. 15 Johnson: "Most certainly 16 sir 17, for those who know them have a great advantage 18 over 19 those who do 20 not. Nay21 sir, it is wonderful what a difference 22 learning 23 makes upon 24 people, even in the common 25 intercourse 26 of life, which does not appear to be much connected 27 with it." "And yet," said I, "people go 28 through the world very well, and carry on 29 the business 30 of life to 31 good advantage 32, without learning." Johnson: “Why 33 sir, that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly 34 be of any use35; for instance 36, this boy rows 37 us as 38 well without learning as if he could sing the song 39 of Orpheus to the Argonauts 40, who were the first sailors." He then called to 11 the boy, "What would you give my lad 42 to know about 43 the Argonauts?" "Sir," said the boy, "I would give what I have." Johnson was much pleased 44 with 45 his answer, and we gave him a double fare.46 Dr. Johnson then turning 47 to me, "Sir," said he, 1Wißbegierde, f. 2 Boot, n. 3bei. 4 die Tempel-Stufen. 5 fahren nach. wirklich. 7 halten, with für before the predicate. 8 Kenntniß. 'griechisch. 10 lateinisch). 11 take the sing. 13 Erfor= derniß, n. 14 take the Gen. 15 Erziehung. 12 wesentlich. 16 ganz gewiß. 17 mein Herr, which is, however, rarely used, and generally by inferiors, like the boy below, to superiors like Johnson. 20 18 Vortheil, m. 19 vor. 28 say, know them not. 21 ja. 22 Unterschied. 23 Gelehrsamkeit. 24 bei. 25 gewöhnlich. 26 Verhandlung, take pl. 27 verbinden. ihren Weg machen. 29 betreiben. 30 Geschäft, n., take pl. 31 mit. 32, say, success Erfolg. freilich. möglicher Weise. 33 43 34 38 eben so. 39 Gesang, m. 35 Nußen, m. 36 zum Beispiel. 40 Argonaut. 41 anreden. 3 von. 44 erfreut. 45 über. 46 Fährgeld, n. 47 sich wenden. "a desire 48 of knowledge 49 is the natural feeling of mankind 50; and every human being, whose mind 51 is not debauched 52, will be willing to 53 give all that he has to get 54 knowledge.55"-Boswell, Life of Johnson. (From the Half Hours.) VI. THE SACK OF MAGDEBURG. GOING2 out of church immediately after the sermon 3, some people of St. James's 5 parish passed by7, and told me the enemy had entered the town. With difficulty could I anything more than a persuade9 myself that this was false 10 alarm 11; but the news 12 unfortunately 13 proved 14 too true. I then lost my presence of mind 15, and as my wife and maid-servant 16 were with 17 me, we ran directly 18 to my colleague19, M. Malsio's house, and left our own house open. At M. Malsio's we found many people, who had fled 20 to him in great perplexity.21 We comforted 22 and exhorted 23 each other as far as the terror 24 of our minds 25 would give us leave. 26 I was summoned thence 27 to discharge 28 the last duties to 29 a colonel 30, who lay dangerously wounded. I resolved 31 to go, and sent my maid to fetch my gown 32; but before my departure 33 from of knowing zum Wissen. 50 Menschheit. 48 49 Begierde, f. say, 51 Geist, m. 52 verderben. 53 say, will willingly give; willingly gern. 54 sich erwerben. 55 Kenntniß, take the plural. 10 1Zerstörung. 2 treten, and begin the adverbial sentence with als. 3 Predigt, from predigen, with the termination t; add the Definite Article. von. der heilige Jacobus. Kirchspiel, n. 7 vorbeikom= men. mit Mühe. 9 überreden. falsch. 11 Gerücht, n. 12 Nad= richt, f. 13 unglücklicher Weise. 14sich erweisen als. 15 Geistesgegenwart, f. 16 Dienstmagd, before which the Pronoun must be repeated, since the Substantives refer to persons of different stations. 17 bei. 18 sogleich. 19 Amtsgenosse. 20 sich flüchten. 21 Besturzung. 22 trösten. ermun= tern. 24 Schreck. 25 Gemüth, n. (pl.—er). 26 verstatten to give leave. wegrufen. 28 erfüllen. 29 bei. 30 Oberst, declined as an Adjective, the uppermost. 31 "sich entschließen. 32 Priesterrock, m. I departed scheiden. 27 33 23 say, before |
