THE POPULAR EDUCATOR. 



1. Do you rise early when you are well ? 2. When I am well 



I rise every morning at five o'clock. 3. Do you remember your 

 cousin L. ? 4. I remember him perfectly well. 5. Do you go 

 to bed early? 6. We go to bed at ten o'clock. 7. Does not 

 the tailor burn his fingers ? 8. He does not burn his fingers, 

 his iron is not warm. 9. Does the carpenter cut his thumb ? 

 10. He cuts neither his thumb nor his hand. 11. Why do you 

 not warm yourself ? 12. I do not warm myself, because I am 

 not cold. 13. Is it not very cold to-day? 14. It ia not cold 

 to-day, it rains. 15. Does your hairdresser rise at sunrise ? 



16. The carpenter rises at sunrise and goes to bed at sunset. 



17. Do you rise earlier than I ? 18. We rise every morning at 

 the break of day. 19. Do you cut your hair often ? 20. I cut 

 my hair and my nails every month. 21. Do you remember that 

 gentleman ? 22. I remember him very well. 23. I do not 

 remember him. 24. Do you cut your fingers when you mend a 

 pen ? 25. I cut my hand when I work. 26. Do you remember 

 what you learn ? 27. I do not remember all that (tout ce que) I 

 learn. 28. Do you know if your father is well ? 29. He is very 

 well to-day. 30. Is not your mother well ? 31. She is not very 

 well. 



SECTION XXXVII. USES OF SOME KEFLECTIVE VERBS. 



1. The verb tromper, conjugated actively, corresponds to the 

 English verb to deceive. 



II trompe tout le monde, He deceives everybody. 



2. Conjugated reflectively, se tromper means to be mistalccn ; 

 literally, to deceive one's self. 



On se trompe bien souvent, One is often mistaken. 



3. Ennuyer [ 49 (2)], used actively, means to weai~y tlie mind, 

 to tease, to bore. 



Get homme ennuie ses auditeurs, 

 Vous nous ennuyez par vos de- 

 maiides, 



That man wearies Tiis hearers. 

 You tease or weary us by your ques- 

 tions. 



4. S'ennuyer has no exact equivalent in English. It sig- 

 nifies generally to be, or to become mentally weary of any thing 

 or place ; to be dull (weary). 



Kous nous cnnuyons ici, We aro weary of being here. 



Vous ennuyez-vous a la campagne ? Are you weary of being in the 



country f 



5. Je m' ennuie means, in fact, I am mentally weary, I want 

 change, amusement, occupation, etc. 



Je m' ennuie partout, I find no amusement anywlicre. 



6. S'amuser answers to the English expressions to amuse one's 

 self, to take pleasure in, to spend one's time in, to find amusement 

 in, to enjoy one's self. 



Nous nous amusons a la campagne ? We enjoy ourselves in the country. 

 Vous vous amusez a des bagatelles, You spend your time in trijies. 



RESUME OF EXAMPLES. 



On se trompe sourest soi-raemc en 



cherohant a tromper les autres. 

 Votre cominis ne se trornpe-t-il pas? 

 II se trompe bien raremeut. 

 No vous trompez-vous pas frd- 



quemment ? 

 Tout le monde est sujet a se 



tromper. 



Cemarchand trompe tout le monde. 

 Sa conversation nous ennuie. 

 Vous ennuyez vos amis par vos 



plaiutes. 



Est-ce que je ne vous ennuie pas ? 

 Vous ennuyez-vous chez nous ? 

 Je m' ennuie a la ville et je m'amusa 



a la campagne. 

 A quoi vous amusez-vous ? 

 Je m' amuse a lire Fallemand, 



We often deceive ourselves while 



seeking to deceive others. 

 Is not your clerk mistaken? 

 He is very rarely mistaken. 

 Are you not frequently mistaken? 



Every one is apt to be mistaken. 



Tliat merchant deceives everybody. 



His conversation wearies us. 



You weary your friends by your 



complaints. 

 Do I not weary j/ow ? 

 Are you weary of remaining with us ? 

 I become weary of the city and find 



amusement in the country. 

 In what do you amuse yourself? 

 I amuse myself in reading German. 



EXERCISE 69. 



1. Aimez-vous a demeurer a la campagne ? 2. Je prefere la 

 campagne & la ville. 3. Vous onnuyez-vous souvent a la cam- 

 pagne ? 4. Quand je m'onnuio a la campagne, je reviens a la- 

 ville. 5. Re^oit-on des nouvelles du General L. ? 6. On 

 n'entend pas parler de lui. 7. Vous trompez-vous quelquefoisT 



8. Tout le monde se trompe quelquefois. 9. Le banquiet 

 trompe-t-il ses clients ? 10. II no trompe ni ses clients ni ses 

 amis, il ne trompe porsonne. 11. No vous trompoz-vous pas 

 dans ce memoire ? 12. Jo ne me trompe pas. 13. Vous amusoz- 

 vous & lire ou a ecrire ? 14. Jo m'amuse h, apprendro 1'allemand 

 et le fran^ais. 15. Avez-vous tort d'apprendre les langues ? 

 16. J'ai raison de les apprendre. 17. Vous ennuyez- voua sou- 

 vent? 18. Je m' ennuie quand je n'ai rien a faire. 19. A quoi 

 vous amusez-vous quand vous etes a la campagne ? 20. Nous 

 nous promenons le matin, et noua travaillona le reste de la. 

 journee. 



EXERCISE 70. 



1. Are you not mistaken ? 2. I am not mistaken. 3. Is 

 not the banker mistaken ? 4. Ho is not mistaken, but his clerk 

 is certainly mistaken. 5. Docs ho not deceive yon. ? 6. He- 

 does not deceive me, he deceives nobody. 7. Are you not wrong 

 to deceive your father ? 8. I do not intend to deceive him. 



9. Does not the merchant make a mistake ? 10. He makes a 

 mistake in the bill which he writes. 11. Do you like the coun- 

 try or the city ? 12. I prefer the city ; I soon become weary of 

 the country. 13. Does not that child weary you by his ques- 

 tions ? 14. Does not that long story weary you ? 15. It does 

 not weary me, it amuses me. 16. Do you amuse yourself wlit'ii 

 you are in the country ? 17. I amuse myself ; I learn French 

 and Italian. 18. Are you not weary of remaining at your 

 uncle's ? 19. I am never weary of remaining there. 20. Is 

 your brother often mistaken ? 21. Everybody is sometimes 

 mistaken. 22. Does his conversation weary you ? 23. OH the 

 contrary, it amuses me. 24. Has anything been heard from 

 your brother ? 25. Nothing has been heard of him [Sect, 

 XXXIV.]. 26. Is your sister well ? 27. No, Sir, she is sick. 



RECREATIVE NATURAL HISTORY. 



THE MOLE. 



Is this a well-known animal ? A countryman will smile at the 

 question ; he knows full well the mole-hills which obstruct his 

 scythe in badly-kept meadows, and has often seen the dark cul- 

 prit gibbeted on the top of a cleft stick. But how many people 

 in London have seen a mole ? There is no Registrar-General 

 who will answer this question, and we therefore promise never 

 again to propose such a query. Is the mole clever or stupid ? 

 What do the majority of our readers say ? Some declare that 

 " the little gentleman in velvet" is a decided genius, and his less 

 enthusiastic friends claim for him a considerable degree of 

 respect. 



Tho creature has the repute of being a most skilful engineer, 

 in which he is a self-taught and natural genius ; yet so modest 

 that his finest works are hidden from observation. He never 

 has any money, yet always wears a beautiful coat, for which no- 

 thanks are due to any tailor in Great Britain. The mole is, 

 though small, a great eater, hard work giving him a capital 

 appetite ; yet he generally contrives to provide very good din- 

 ners at all seasons of the year. The teetotalers speak of him 

 with respect, though none of his children belong to the " Band 

 of Hope," nor has he ever worn the temperance medal. His 

 love for water-drinking amounts to a passion, but this is per- 

 haps not to be accounted among his eminent merits. He meddles 

 little with politics, yet politicians have made use of him, and he 

 once, at least, though without intending it, shattered all the 

 schemes of a famous warrior and statesman. Some men very 

 much dislike him and all his family, but he bears them no malice, 

 and asks only to be let alone. Some charge him with possessing 



