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eggc cof the tiniest insect! and how, again, does all grandeurf and glory on earth disappear in comparison to the universe!!

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4. Many remarks have so often been repeated", that they, in spite of their sublime meaning, make but f little impression on1 mankind.j

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There area animals which, even in proportionb toc the size of their bodies, move so slowly, that they, inf all justice, deserve the name Tardigrades, given them by the French natural historiansh, since1, from3 all appearancek, even this slow movement causes them very great exertionm.

6. The sharka follows the speediest ship from Europe to the East Indies, and withal incessantlyd swimming around it, so that he, in that time, repeats the voyage perhaps three times.

7. The motion of the whole earth around its axisa is quicker than most motions which take place on the earth itself.

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8. In consequence of the daily revolution of the earth, a point underneath the line passes 1431 feet in one second.

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a Größe. Körper, m. inach. Anschein; and

5. a es giebt. bim Verhältniß. e zu. fmit. Recht, n. h Naturforscher. 'da. mark, Substantives are masculine when they are derived from Verbs, without any additional termination. 'kosten. Anstrengung.

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6. a Hai, m. bOstindien, n.; it is used without any Article.

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d unaufhörlich.

Ure, f. Statt finden. cauf.

8. vermöge. btäglich. Umwälzung. Punct, m. eunterhalb. Linie, f.

durchlaufen.

32. During the frequent irruptions of the northern nations who subverted the Roman stated, Florence followed the fatef of the rests of Italy.

33. Who can resista the power of circumstances?c

34. The peacocks a fell on the jackdaw, to pluck from d her her deceitfule ornament.f

35. By hospitals a the misery of many thousand people is partly remedied, partly it is at least considerably alleviated.f

36. The Athenians a had bound themselves by an oath, for ten years to live according to the institutions f which Solon had prescribed to them.

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37. It can be proved that all the persons, introduced b into this story, have existed within that memorable period.

38. A scholar was pleased to convince us of having committed an errore in the chronology of that century.s

32. a häufig.

b Einfall, m. cftürzen.

Staat, m. e Florenz. Schicksal, n. g say, of the remaining Italy übrig.

33. a widerstehen, which, like all compounds with wider, is conGewalt, f. Umstand, m.

strued with a Dat.

34. a Pfau, m. (Gen.—en).

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bherfallen über, Acc. e Krähe, f.

d ausreißen, with Dat. e trügerisch). Schmuck, m. 35. a Krankenhaus, n. b Elend, n.

tråchtlich. fmindern.

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36, Athener. b verpflichten. Eid, m. say, ten years through hindurch. e to live according nachleben, with Dat. svorschreiben.

f Einrichtung.

37. a Treat it can be proved that as an Adverb, in a way that can be proved erweislicher Maßen. b to introduce into einflechten, with the Dative. leben. dinnerhalb. e denkwürdig.

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38. Gelehrt. say, it had pleased gefallen, Dat. cüberweisen, and construe thus: to convince us of that, that we had committed. d machen. Zeitrechnung. & Jahrhundert, n.

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XVII. ON ADVERBS.

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1. The old man clogs our earliest b years, and simple childhood comes the last d.

2. The parents and tutors a knew always best, what was of avail to young people.

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3. After such wars and pestilential diseases, the remembrance of the blessings of peace most forcibly recurred to several pious men.

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4. Queen Christina rodea most boldly on horseback; one foot in the stirrup, thus she flew alongd.

5. Of all living beings man is least restrained to one single country.

6. He did not yielda, nor did he renounce the least a advantage®.

7. It was properly a about this period that I first became acquainted with my native city, which I strolled overh with more and more freedom in every direction.

1. ahemmen. bfrüh. Kindheit. dzuleßt.

2. aErzieher. The superlative of the Adverb is formed by the Preposition an, with the Dat. of the neuter of the superlative of the Adjective, as in the finest manner an dem, or more usually contracted, am schönsten; or by auf, with the Acc. neuter, as auf das, or more usually, auss schönste; the first way is used when the superlative is the highest degree in reference to other things; the second, when the superlative implies the highest degree absolutely. frommen to be of avail.

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e lebendig. to recur to ergreifen. fromm.

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a unter. Wesen, n. wenig. 4 beschrånken auf, Acc.

6. weichen, bauch nicht, which are separated by the Verb and following Nominative. caufgeben.

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gering. Vortheil, m.

d gewahr werden, with Acc.

7.a eigentlich. c Zeit, f. e Vaterstadt, f. fsay, in which I strolled. isay, always more freely.

g wandeln. h auf und ab.

8. For a time I was permitted to read those entertaining books.

9. We sailed up and down the beautiful river.

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Sometimes a there appeared in the house some very curiousb people.

11. And we even a hoped that we might live to seeb, some time or other, a coronation with our own eyes.

12. From the very first moments of consciousness b this excited in me an unconquerabled desire of knowing the meaning of those obscures words.

13. They pressed us beyond the village.

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14. During the day we did nothing but regard all the novelties c.

15. That which, indeed, was the chief point, occurred not befored the approach of night.

16. I am not to know what detained b you so long, and yet my brother knows it?

17. The house after which you enquire a lies towardsb the corner of the street.

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auf eine Zeit lang. b gestatten, Dat. unterhalten.

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a Mitunter. b seltsam.

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11. awohl auch. b to live to see erleben. noch einmal. Krönung. 12. a From is von ; but mark, after a Preposition with its case, there often follows, in German, an Adverb of place, to point out the direction more strongly; thus here say, from the first moments onward an. b Bewußtsein, n. erregen. dunbezwinglich. Begierde, f. Meinung g dunkel.

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13. a drången. büber hinaus, between both place the village. 14. say, the day through, so that über is treated as an Adverb.

b I regard something ich sehe mir etwas an. c Neuigkeit.

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15. eigentlich. bthis is the chief point darauf kommt es an. not before, or not sooner than, is erst. e say, with

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sinking night.

16. a dürfen. baufhalten. cdoch, and mark, this doch, which corresponds with the English though, stands last.

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18. Down from the market-placeb they all had large gardens.

19. He arrived in London at seven, and thence he travelled to York.

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20. She remained three days in Bristol, whence she came to us.

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From there he brought these fine fruit with him. 22. Beyond those gardens we saw a fertile plain ©. 23. Then, I suppose, I shall not fare so very badly c after alld.

24. I assure you, nothing is the matterb.

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25. Solon was hardly a gone, than the revenging gods decreed great misery on Croesus, probably because he had considered himself the happiest of all men. 26. The tree unchangeably stands in its place, and does not fall.

27. To be sure, you know that way of speaking. 28. I suppose I shall not forget it in so great a hurrya. 29. I suppose you are jestinga.

18. a Von-her. b Marktplak, m.

19. a von da. breisen.

20. a bleiben.

whence is woher, if it refers to the place of the

speaking person, if not it is von wo.

21. a Von dort her. bhim is not expressed in German.

22. a über hinaus. bfruchtbar.

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24. a ja, which

say, it is nothing.

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stands after the Verb.

d trok alle dem. b nothing is the matter,

25. a kaum. bthis than after hardly kaum, leads an adverbial sentence, and can be translated by als; but it is more usually, against all rule, translated by fo, as if the preceding sentence, with hardly faum, were the adverbial sentence. råchen. verhången. schwer. funglück, n. 8 über. vermuthlich. ihalten für. nach wie vor.

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a say, so quickly so schnell.

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