women to dinner72, and the mistress (who is indeed an excellent housewife) scolds73 at 74 the servants 75 as heartily before my face as behind my back. In short, I move 76 up and down 77 the 78 house, and enter into all companies with the same liberty as a cat or any other domestic animal 79, and am 80 as 81 little suspected 82 of telling anything that I hear or see. I remember last winter there 83 were several 84 young girls of 85 the neighbourhood sitting about the fire with my landlady's 86 daughters, and telling stories of spirits 87 and apparitions.88 Upon my opening the door the young 89 broke off90 their discourse 91, but my landlady's daughters telling them that it was nobody but the gentleman (for that is the name which I go by 92 in the neighbourhood as well as in the family), they went on 93 without minding 94 me. I seated myself by 95 the candle that stood on a table at96 one end of the room; and, pretending 97 to read a book that I took out of my pocket, heard several dreadful stories of ghosts 98 as pale 99 as ashes 100 that had stood at 101 the feet 102 of a bed, or walked over a churchyard 103 by 104 moonlight 105; and of others that had been conjured 106 into the Red Sea 107, for disturbing 108 people's rest, and drawing 109 their curtains 110 at 111 midnight. As one spirit raised 112 another, I observed 113 that at the end of 73 schelten. 72 zu Tische gehen. 78 81 eben fo. 82 say, in suspicion Verdacht, m. 83 76 fich 80 stehen. 75 Dienstbote, m. 79 Hausthier, n. not expressed. 84 mehrere. 85 aus. 86 say better, with the daughters of, etc. 87 Geist, m. (pl.—er). 95 91 Unterredung. 101 96 92 unter. 93 fortfahren. 94 sich bekümmern um. an. an. 97 sich die Miene geben als ob, lit., to give one's self the appearance as if. 98 Gespenft, n. (pl.-er.) 99 weiß. 100 usde, f. sing. an. 102 take singular. 103 Kirchhof, m. 104 bei, with the Definite Article. 105 Mondschein. 106 bannen. 107 Meer, n. in their sleep, and drawn. 108 say, because they had disturbed people 109 fortziehen. 110 Vorhang. illum. 112 erstehen lassen. 113 treat I observed that, etc., as an adverbial sentence, led by as wie; and let the whole company, etc., be the chief sentence. 126 This put me under every story the whole company closed 114 their ranks, and crowded 115 about the fire. I took notice 116 in particular117 of a little boy, who was 118 so attentive 119 to every story, that I am mistaken 120 if he ventures 121 to go to bed by himself122 this twelvemonth.123 Indeed, they talked so long, that the imaginations 124 of the whole assembly were manifestly crazed 125, and I am sure will be the worse for it 127 as long as they live. I heard one of the girls, that had looked upon me over her shoulder, asking the company how long I had been in the room, and whether I did not look 128 paler 129 129 than I used 130 to do. some apprehensions 131 that I should plain 132 myself if I did not retire 133; took my candle in my hand and went up into my chamber, not without wondering 134 at 135 this unaccountable 136 weakness 137 in reasonable creatures, that they should love 138 astonish and terrify 139 one another. Were I a father, I should take 140 a 141 particular 142 143 to preserve 144 children from 145 these little horrors 146 of imagination 147 which they are apt 148 to contract 149 when they are young, and are not able 150 to shake off 151 when they are in 152 years. I have known a soldier that has entered a breach 153 affrighted 154 at 155 his own shadow, and look pale 156 upon care be forced to exfor which reason I 114 to close their ranks sich enger zusammenschließen. drången. folgen. 122 119 126 to my 115 15 sich nåher 118 say, who followed ver 121 120 sich irren. wagen. 124 take the singular. 125 to 116 bemerken. 117 besonders. say, attentively aufmerksam. 123 allein. say, during the next year. be crazy verwildern. I am the worse ich habe zu leiden. 127 darum. 128 aussehen. 129 blaß, the Comparative of which takes no modification of the Vowel. 130 pflegen, and omit to do. 131 fürchten lassen, 132 erklären. 133 sich zurückziehen. 134 sich wundern. 135 über. 136 unerklårbar. 137 Schwachheit. 139 in Erstaunen und Furcht 141 138 add it. tragen. not expressed. 144 bewahren. 149 145 vor. 148 geneigt. 142 say adverbially befonders. 146 Schreckniß, n. 147 Phantasie. 150 vermögen. 151 los werden. 154 erschrecken. 155 über. 156 152 bei. 56 bleich 162 a little scratching 157 at 158 his door, who 159 the day before had marched up 160 against a battery 161 of cannon. There are instances of persons who have been terrified, even to distraction 163, at the figure 164 of a tree, or the shaking 165 of a bulrush.166 The truth of it is, I look upon 167 a sound imagination as the greatest blessing of life, next to 168 a clear judgment 169 and a good conscience.170 In the mean time, since there are very few whose minds 171 are not more or less subject 172 to these dreadful thoughts and apprehensions 173, we ought to arm 174 ourselves against them by the dictates 175 of reason 176 and religion, "to pull177 the old woman out of our hearts," as Persius expresses it, and extinguish 178 those impertinent 179 notions 180 which we imbibed 181 at a time that we were not able to judge of 182 their absurdity.183 Or, if we believe, as many wise and good men have done, that there are such phantoms 184 and apparitions as 185 those I have been speaking of, let us endeavour 186 to establish to 187 ourselves an interest 188 in 189 Him who holds the reins 190 of the whole creation in His hand, and moderates 191 them after 192 such a manner, that it is impossible for one being to break loose 193 upon another without His knowledge and permission. For my own part, I am apt to join 194 in opinion 195 with those who believe that all the regions 196 of nature swarm 197 with 198 spirits, and that we 176 Bernunft. 170 Gewissen. 160 hinaufstürmen. 163 Wahnsinn. 166 Binse, f. 167 betrachten. 168 nach. 172 unter= worfen. 178 Besorgniß, f. (pl.—e). 174 waffnen. 175 Gebot, n. (pl.—e). 187 Begriff. 177 ziehen. 178 auslöschen. 179 sinnlos. 180 181 einsaugen. 182 beurtheilen. 183 Abgeschmacktheit. 184 Gebild, n. (pl.-e). 185 gleich, with Dat. 186 versuchen. sichern für. 188 günstige Theilnahme. 189 bei. 190 Zügel, m. 191 lenken. auf. 193 sich los stürzen. 194 to join with sich anschließen, with Dat. 195 Glaube, m. and add the Definite Article. 196 Raum, m. 192 197 schwårmen. 198 von. 201 have multitudes 199 of spectators on 200 all our actions, when we think ourselves most alone; but instead of terrifying 2 myself with 202 such a notion 203 I am wonderfully pleased 204 to think that I am always engaged 205 with such an innumerable 206 society, in searching out 207 the wonders of the creation, and joining in 208 the same concert 209 of 210 praise 2 211 and adoration.212-Addison. MY DEAR FRIEND, XXI. HAVING received no answer to all the letters which I wrote you a month ago, I must confess I am a little uneasy. I should almost believe you had forgotten me, if I did not know that such a thing was quite impossible. I suppose you have left home for3 some time, in order to pay visits to your friends and relations; I therefore hope to hear from you as soon as you have returned.5 In my preceding letters, I have given you an account of the many new things which I saw during my journey in this foreign country. I will now continue9 with my narrative. After passing 10 a few days with our friends in E., I rode northwards11, accompanied by a young man whose acquaintance I had made in that small town. We arrived here safely about ten days ago. The last part of our journey was marked 12 by an accident 13 which would have made it the last part of our life, if Heaven had not protected us. My companion had taken with him a little dog, of which he was very fond. 14 I did not say anything against it, 199 say, millions. 200 bei. 205 beschäftigen. 201 ångstigen. 202 über. 207 erforschen. 203 208 mit 204 erfreut. 206 zahllos. einstimmen in. 209 Gesang, m. 210 voll. 211 Preis, m. 212 Unbetung. Lauf. 2von Hause abreisen. 3 seit. Besuche abstatten. 5 zurückkehren. vorig. 7 berichten. 9 fortfahren. 10 zubringen. "nordwårts. 12 bezeichnen. 13 Zufall. 14 sehr gern haben. 8 auf. 18 although I wished in my heart that he had left it at home. Now, this young man sometimes allowed 15 the little dog to spring out of the carriage, that it might run by the side of us. 16 Once, when he had let it out 17, we were driving up a steep 19 road; on one side was a great wood, and on the other a deep precipice.20 It was noonday, and the sun shone bright21, when all 22 of a sudden, from the woodside 23, out rushed 24 a great wolf, seized 25 the dog by the throat 26, and rushed up 27 the hill again with him in his mouth. This was done in less than a quarter of a minute. We all saw it; yet neither we nor the servants had the presence of mind 28 nor the time to draw our pistols, or to do anything to save the dog. The horses had got frightened 29, but they went on 30 pretty 31 well for some time, until they became so restless 32 that they could not be managed.33 They threw our carriage upon one side, within 34 two feet of the brink 35 of a precipice thirty yards deep. Here we lay for a few moments, whilst our horses flounced 36 and tried to go on. At last our servants, by 37 the help of the coachman, succeeded 38 in disengaging 39 them from the carriage, and they went off 40 at full speed.41 A gentleman on horseback 42, who came 43 the 44 same way, and saw our distress, immediately rode up 45, and in the kindest manner inquired whether he could assist us; and having seen us fairly 46 rescued 47 from our broken vehicle 48, remounted 49 his horse, rode back to the inn 50, and soon returned with another carriage. 22 17 15 lassen. 16neben uns her. hinauslassen. 18 hinauffahren. 19 steil. ganz. 23 vom Walde her. 24 hervorstürzen. Kehle, f. 27 hinaufeilen. 20 Abgrund, m. 25 ergreifen. 29 erschrecken. 34 innerhalb. the Article. laufen. 26 21 hell. 30 entlang gehen. 35 Rand. m. 36 28 Geistesgegenwart, f. 37 um sich schlagen. 31 ziemlich. 32 unståt. 33 zügeln. mit, and leave out zu Pferde. 43 daher kommen. 44 take 38 I succeed es gelingt mir. 39 losmachen. 40 dahin in vollem Galopp. 42 the Gen. 45 auf uns zu reiten. 46 sicher. 47 befreien. 48 Fuhrwerk, n. 49 wieder besteigen. 50 Wirthshaus, n. |