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13. And the ostrich, on approachinga to drive awayb the supposed fox, is frequentlyd shote by the real hunterf.

14. Would the child beware of hurting itself with sharp instruments, if it were not afraidd of the painse arising from it?

15. He who makes a mistake in the choosing of good and evil, and chooses what is momentarily f pleasant, but producing badi consequences, commitsk an error.'

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16. During the severest frost, the Greenlanders & sit working in a room without a fire.f

17. The trembling a sound of the poplar or aspd has something peculiar, which also the Latin populus, the English poplar, and the German pappel, intimate.h

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18. The grinding of grain to flourd, at first required f much time and trouble, until at last handmills, and afterwards watermills and windmills were invented.k

19. Committing an error is a mistaking of good and evil.

13. a sich nåhern, and say, when the ostrich approaches. b fort= jagen. vermeintlich. a häufig. e erschießen. fJåger.

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14. a sich hüten. say, before wounding itself; Verwundung is to express the Participle. c Werkzeug, n. dsich fürchten vor, Dat. e Schmerz, m. (p'. —en). 8 daraus, and treat arising

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a mer.

f entstehen.

from it as an Adjective standing before pains. b sich vergreifen to make a mistake. wählen. treat good and evil as Substantives neuter. e what is pleasant treat as a Substantive neuter with the Def. Art. faugenblicklich.

angenehm.

h bringen, and make it dependent upon the preceding Def. Article. i schlimm, Folge, f. begehen. Verirrung.

16. a Während. bbitter. Kålte, f. a Grönländer. earbeiten, and mark, the Participle Present is also in German used adverbially. funheated ungeheizt.

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17. zittern. b Såuseln, n. c Pappel, f.

f was.

d Espe, f. e eigen. & lateinisch, treated as a Substantive neuter. handeuten. cin. d Mehl, n. e anfangs.

18. a Bermalmen. Getreide, n.

kosten. Handmühle, f. "spåterhin.

mühle, f. erfinden.

19. a Verirrung committing an error.

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Wassermühle, f. ¡ Wind

b Verkennen.

20. Pretending a to read a book, I heard several dreadfulb stories.c

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21. The necessity of dress compelled men to the invention of tanning, spinning, and weaving."

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22. Blucher's intrepidity in dangerous situations, his perseveranced in misfortune, and his courage, increasing with f every difficulty, were founded on the consciousness i of his bodily strength.*

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23. My landlady's daughters telling them that it was nobody but the gentlemand, they went one without minding me.

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24. The civil warsb having been terminated, Julius Caesar stood on the pinnacled of his fortune®, surrounded f with splendours and power.b

25. Curiosity is the wish of learning what has justd happened, and, ife possible, what is just happening; it is the desire of fillings a mental1 vacuum.1

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26. Desire of knowledge is the wish of employing an actived mind.e

27. Caesar was only intenta on making his victory b

20. a say, whilst I pretended; vorgeben to pretend. bschrecklich. © Geschichte, f.

21. a Unentbehrlichkeit.

e gerben. fspinnen. s weben.

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b Kleidung. c treiben.

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a Erfindung.

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d Ausdauern.

f bei with the

22. a Unerschrockenheit. b gefährlich. Lage, f. e wachsen, and treat the Participle as an Adjective. plural; say, with all. & Schwierigkeit. h sich gründen auf, with Acc. iBewußtsein, n. körperlich. Kraft, f.

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23. Wirthin. b niemand. cals. Herr. efortfahren. fsid) kümmern um.

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d Gipfel, m. Glück, n.

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d so eben.

emo.

Leere, f.

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n.

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beschäftigen. athätig.

27. a bedacht sein auf. b Sieg, m.

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lasting, and to maintain by wisdom and mildness, what he had gained by the fortunef of war.g

28. Death once seen bat our hearthd leaves e a shadow f which abides there for ever.

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29. Butterfliesa are adorned with glorious colours. 30. You are not engaged a forb the following day. 31. The estatea is left to me, and I am the legal heir.d 32. In order to be sure of it, I was resolved to go myself.

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33. I was determined to do it the sooner, since© necessityd was urging.e

34. My patiencea was now quite exhausted.b

35. The ambassadora having delivered his address, presented the gift, and having received from the mayorf the assurance of continued1 encouragement1, he departedj from the enclosed1 circle.m

cdauernd. Waffe, f.

d behaupten. e Milde, f.

f Glück. g say,

of arms

28. a Tod, m. b say either the once at our hearth seen death, or has death once been seen; to be seen erscheinen. can. d Herd, m.

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zurücklassen. Schatten, m.

verweilen. hauf.

29. a Schmetterling, m. b schmücken, and mark, when the Past Participle conveys the notion of a Verb, the auxiliary is werden; i. e. it is treated as a Participle in the Passive Voice; but when it refers to the quality of a Substantive, it is treated as an Adjective, and the auxiliary is sein. cherrlich.

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30. a versagen. bauf.

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Gut, n. b hinterlassen. ©rechtmäßig. a Erbe, m.

32. a gewiß. btake the Gen. of the Dem. Pron. ter, die, das.

© entschlossen, which, like erschöpft, is one of those Participles Past that have lost the participial meaning, and are used only as Adjectives. b um so eher. da. d Noth, f. e drången.

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a Gesandt. beine Anrede halten to deliver an address. geben. Geschenk, n. empfangen. Schultheiß. & Versicherung. fortdauernd. Begünstigung. sich entfernen. kaus. 1schließen.

m Kreis, m.

36. This story is fabricated.b

37. The children are being dressed by their nurse", and when they are dressed, they will take a walk.c

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38. The books are printed by our old acquaintance, and as soon as they are printed, you shall have a copy of each of them.

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39. We shall meet again, when the battle is lost and

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She came cheerfully a running towards me. 41. All the boys came at once a bounding uproariously into the room.

XVI. ON VERBS, CONSTRUED WITH A GENITIVe or Dative

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1. Remember, O king, the promise you have given us. 2. War spares a not even the infant in the cradle.d 3. Must a weak woman give up her native right? Is it worth while to talk so much about a trifle.b 5. He has applied himselfa, during the last three years, to the study of ancient history.

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schonen, Gen. bauch nicht. Kindlein. a Wiege, f.

sich entäußern, Gen. bangeboren.

say, does it reward the trouble; to reward sich lohnen, Gen.; trouble Mühe, f. Kleinigkeit.

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a sich befleißen, Gen. Studium.

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I do not remember it any more.b

7. How long did you serve your country b?

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8. Bless those who curse thee.

9. Thy lamenting a avails b thee not.

10. The dress a fitted" my sister well.

11. Do not trust those who flatterb thee.

12. Do not defy a the stronger, but yield rather to superior power.f

13. He beckoneda me to follow him into the next

room.

14. It behoves a the children to obey their parents. 15. Your promise satisfiesa me perfectly.b

16. It does not please a me to see you constantly in such company.

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18. His name had almost escaped my memory.

19. Do not trust him, who promises you too much. 20. I have assisted a him with all the money I possessed.b

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trauen, Dat.

12. a trogen, Dat.

a weichen, Dat.

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bschmeicheln, Dat.

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bftärker, used as Substantive. • sondern.

vielmehr. Uebermacht, f.

13. a winken, Dat. b folgen, Dat.

14. a ziemen, Dat.

bgehorchen, Dat.

15. a genügen, Dat. b vollkommen.

16. a gefallen, Dat. bftets.

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entfallen, all Verbs derived by ent are construed with the Dative of the object.

18. a fast.

for escape my memory, say escape me.

19. amißtrauen, Dat. b versprechen, Dat. 20. a helfen, Dat. bhaben.

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