b 28. The divine gift of speech puts all organs of the brain, all senses and capacities1 in motion.i 29. a Useless words often spoil the best transaction.c We often offendd by a hastye word, and createf unnecessary enmities, which we can hardly reconcilej by great exertions.1 с b 30. Much talking" is seldom a sign of good speaking. 31. Docile dogs give pleasure both d to little children and to wise men. 32. An anxious a physician makes the parents uneasy c on account of their sick child. 33. The poor family is the object of general sympathy; soon, however, its miserabled condition will be alleviated by some generoush philanthropists.1 34. By all solid grammarians Luther's translation of the Bibled is considered as rulef and basis of a classical h diction in German.j 35. Not only Klopstock, buta many other authors of 28. a (pl. -e). с d i e b göttlich. Geschenk, n. cRede, f. sehen. Werkzeug, n. Gehirn, n. Sinn, m. Fähigkeit. Bewegung. 29. a unnük. b verderben. Sache, f. verlegen. e übereilt. fto create sich zuziehen. sunndthig. Feindschaft. i kaum. söhnen. viel. Mühe, f. 30. a h b say, the much talking; to talk reden. Zeichen, n. the good speech. с 31. agelehrig. bgewähren. Vergnügen, n. wohl als auch. b с jaus csay, of d both-and fo= 32. aångstlich. Eltern. unruhig. wegen, Gen. 33. leid, n. 35. sondern, when denying a negative expression. von expresses of referring to a quality. steller. the first rank have drawn from this rich sourcef, and have formed their style principally according to this rule. d 36. It is remarkable, that into no modern language so many biblical phrases and expressions have been received, and have formally passed over into life as in the German. 37. The birds of preya have a repugnant and often terrible cryd; it is the voice of passion.f 38. A great natural philosopher a possessed among his domestic animals a monkey, who was once missing, and whom he, after a long search, at lasts found in his library. 39. There the animal sat on the ground, and had the plates of an unbound natural-historical work spreads round about him.h 40. Astonished at this intent study of his housefriend, the master approached, and saw with wonder and to his great annoyances, that the sweet-toothed monkey had eaten out all the chafersk, which he had here and there' found depicted.m druck, m. faufnehmen. 8 gänzlich. hübergehen. i say, into the. 37. a bird of prey Raubvogel, m. bwiderlich. с furchtbar. © Hausthier, n. (pl.—e). f say, after long searching; d Ruf, m. e Stimme, f. Leidenschaft. a с e natur= 39. an, Dat. Erde, f. Kupfer, n. dungebunden b historisch. Werk, n. 8 zerstreuen. hum sich her. 40. erstaunen (über, Acc.). b eifrig. c Studium, n. d Hausfreund, m. e sich nahen. say, to his zu-Verwunderung. Ver= herausspeisen. I say, the all der gesammte. h hier und da. m abmalen. druß, m. genåschig. 41. a Geschichte, f. 42. A well-digesteda plan, when completely carried out, makes us forget all the trouble, which the means f may have given, in order to arrive at that aim3. 43. You, beloveda brothers and sisters, fare well! 44. Then, you mighty lords of the earth, I was learning to know the littleness of human grandeur.c 45. We cannot call beautiful the sounda even single land-animal.d b of one 46. Words and adorneda speeches are no sureb proof of trued gratitude. 47. The whole property of this savageb consisted in a miserable hut of clay, a bow, and some arrows.f 48. The miser collects money and valuables without 49. The spendthrift has a useless, but the miser nob enjoyment of his property. e 50. His cheerful song is a true companion to the traveller. b с 42. wohlausgedacht. Plan, m. e say, when it stands there,carried out ausführen. lassen. 43. a e say, all that the means may have Mittel, n. 8 say, had. h gelangen. a geliebt, and mark, the Adjective after the Pronoun personel is so declined, af if the Indef. Article preceded. bleben. 44. с a mighty lord mächtig. Kleinheit. Größe, f. a ju= dirgend ein. a Eigenthum, n. gen, m. fpfeil, m. 48. a the miser is to be expressed by the Adjective geizig. das Seinige. d Begleiter. e der Reisende. 51. Nature gave to some birds only one singlea melodious b sound, or a simpled musical set of tones, which they incessantlyh repeat'; for instance to the titmousek who, by means of them', announces his own" lively disposition.P 52. If a part is missing in a totality, the latterd is incomplete and faultyf; the missing part, however, must not be the most importants of the whole, elseh the latter is entirely destroyed, and not merelyk incomplete.1 i 53. The neighinga of the horse, the noblest of all animals, belongs to the most expressived and most powerfule sounds of the animalf chest.g a 54. He wished so to live, that his first grey hairb might not come from repentanced of a bad action. с 55. A really good servant must have open eyesd, closed lips, clean hands and speedyh limbs.i my 56. You will see me again in a fewa hours. 57. Have you so little curiosity, asb not to ask me forc secret d? 51. aeinzig. b melodisch. с c Laut, m. d einfach. e musikalisch. f Sak, m. 8 Ton, m. h unaufhörlich. wiederholen. Izum Beispiel. k Meise, f. 1damit. m ankündigen." eigen. lebhaft. Wesen, n. Theil, m. b fehlen. das Ganze. a dieser, diese, dieses. e unvollståndig. ffehlerhaft. swichtigst. h sonst. ganz. izer= stören. bloß, 1unvollkommen. 52. a (zu). k с f 53. a Wiehern. bedelft, which must agree with horse. gehören d ausdrucksvoll. emächtigst. thierisch. & Brust, f. 54. a grau. Haar, n. durch, Acc. Reue, f. (über, Acc). 55. a wirklich. b der Bediente. c offen. e schließen. 1 Fuß, m. b с с f say, a closed mouth Mund, m. d Auge, n. (pl. —n). g rein. h schnell. 56. a wenig and viel are not declined, when referring to intensity; but when referring to number, they are declinable. VI. ON THE DECLENSION OF ADJECTIVES IN THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE. 1. The lofty a vault of God's house resounds d from the chaunt of the assembled congregations; and this chaunt accompanied by the tones of the organ1, rises to the loftier vault of heaven. a 2. The transplanting of the sugar-caneb from the Levant to the occident became of far greater importance f for the commerce of the worlds and for the fatesh of countries and nations than silk-weaving.1 3. Gustavus Adolphus was the first general of his century, and the bravest soldier of his army. 4. Acquainted with the tactics of the Greeks and Romans, he had invented a better strategy, which served as models to the greatest generals of the following times. 5. Deeper meaning lies in the fabulous story of my childhood than in that truth which life is teaching. 6. The human mind requires a frequent contemplations of that which isf to raise the spirit above the earth. с 1. a hoch. b Gewölbe, n. Gotteshaus, n., neuter (because the compounded Substantive takes the gender of the second part, as this is the chief of the whole). wiederhallen. Gesang, m. fversammeln. Gemeinde. Orgel, f. isich erheben. begleiten. b d e d Wölbung. 2. a Verpflanzung. Zuckerrohr, n. Levante, f. a Abendland, n. & Welthandel, m. h Schicksal, n. (pl. —e). e weit. fWichtigkeit. iSeidenweberei. Grieche. a Römer. e erfinden. 4. a Bertraut. b Taktik, f. f Kriegskunst, f. 8 8 zum Muster dienen. Bedeutung. b Måhrchen, n. 5. a 6. a bedürfen, which is construed with the Genitive or Accusative, as I do not want him ich bedarf seiner nicht, or ich bedarf ihn nicht. boft, and take the comparative. Anschauung. this is dieser, and that jener, when two things or persons are contrasted, but else it is expressed by the longer forms of the Article, der, die, das, Gen. dessen, deren, dessen, Gen. pl. deren, when no relative follows, and derer when one follows; Dat. pl. denen. e which is was or das when referring to something general, and welches when relative to something definite. fis to express by foll. erheben. |