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THE POPULAR EDUCATOR. 



arrived. 33. When did he arrive ? 34. He arrived yesterday, 

 at nine o'clock in the morning. 



SECTION XLIIL IDIOMATIC EXPKESSIONS. 



1. Combien de temps corresponds with the English expression 

 how long. 



Combien de temps avez-vous de- How long did you live in Italy ? 

 meuni en Italie ? 



2. Combien de fois answers to the English how often, how 

 many times. 



Combien de fois y avez-vous 6i6 ? How many times have you been 



there ? 



3. Jusqu'ou is used for how far, what distance, etc. 

 Jusqu'ou avez-vous 6i6 ? How far have you been ? 



4. Jusqu'a quelle heure, till what hour, means also how late. 



Jusqu'a quelle heure avez-vous How late did you wait ? 

 attendu ? 



5. D'ou means whence ; par ou, which way, in what direct/ion. 



D'oii venez-vous, mon ami ? Whence do you come, my friend ? 



Par ou votre ami est-il al\6 ? Which way is your friend gont f 



G. Mener [ 49], porter, to take, to carry; amener, apporter, 

 to bring, to take ivith one ; emmener, emporter, to take, to carry 

 away. We use mener, amener, emmener, for to take, to bring, 

 to take away, in the sense of conducting, leading, guiding, on foot 

 or in a vehicle. Porter, apporter, emporter, mean to carry, to 

 bring, to carry away, etc. 



Menez votre sceur a 1'ecole, Take your sister to school. 



Portez ce livre a votre sceur, Take this book to your sister. 



EESUME or EXAMPLES. 



Jusqu'ou votre frere est-il alle ? Hoio far is your brother gone 1 



II est alld Jusqu'a Paris. He is gone as far as Paris. 



Combien de temps va-t-il y rester ? Hoao long is lie going to stay there 1 



II va y rester jusqu'au printemps. He is going to stay there until spring. 



Coinbien de temps avez-vous de- HOUJ long did you live in London ? 



meure a Londres ? 



Nous y avous demeurt 5 six ans. We lived there six years. 



Jusqu'ou avez-vous etd ? How far did you go 1 



Nous avons 6t6 jusqu'aux Champs We went as far as the Champs Ely- 



Elyse'es. stes. 



Juaqu'a quelle heure avez-vous Hoio late did you write ? 



(Scrit ? 



J'ai ecrit Jusqu'a minuit. 

 D'oii vienuent ces Allemandes ? 

 Elles viennent d'Aix-la-Chapelle. 

 Par ou sont-elles venues ? 

 Elles sont venues par Bruxelles. 

 Menez-vous cette petite fille i 

 1'ecole ? 



I wrote until midnight. 

 Wlience come those German ladies ? 

 They come from Aix-la-Chapelle. 

 Which way did they come ? 

 They came by Brussels. 

 Do you take (lead) that little girl to 

 school ? 



Je ne 1'y menepas, jel'yportejelle I do not lead her there, I carry her 



est trop petite pour marcher. there; she is too small to walk. 



Ameuez-vous vos enfants ? Do you bring your children ? 



Portez-vous une lettre a la poste ? Do you take a letter to the post-offlce? 



J'einmene mon cheval, j'emporte I bring away my horse, I bring away 



ma moutre. 



Aine 1 , -e, eldest. 

 Apport-er, 1, to bring. 

 Bruit, m., noise. 

 Drap, m., clotTi. 

 JBleve, m., pupil. 

 Fils, sen. 

 Pin, -e, fine. 



magnifi- 



Promis, from pro- 

 mett-re, 4, ir. f pro- 

 mised. 



Quitt-er, 1, to leave. 



Soieries, f .pi., silfcgoods. 



Voiture, f., carriage. 



Voyageur, m., traveller. 



my watch. 

 VOCABULARY. 



Ici, here. 

 Loin, far. 

 Magnifique, 



cent. 



Midi, noon. 

 Minuit, midnight. 

 Pied, m.,/oot. 



EXERCISE 81. 



1. Le jeune homme est-il alle loin ? 2. II n'est pas alle bien 

 loin, il n'est alle que Jusqu'a Paris. 3. Vos enfants font trop 

 de bruit, pourquoi ne les emmenez-vous pas ? 4. Us sont 

 malades, ils ue pouvent marcher. 5. Comment lea avez-vous 

 amenes ici ? 6. Je les ai amenes en voiture. 7. A quelle heure 

 amcnez-vous le medecin ? 8. Je 1' amene tous les jours a midi. 



9. Combien de fois par jour menez-vous vos eleves a 1'eglise ? 



10. Je les mene a 1'eglise deux fois par jour. 11. Combien de 

 fois y avez-vous ete ? 12. J'y ai ete plusieurs fois. 13. Par ou 

 ces voyageurs sont-ils venus ? 14. Ils sont venus par Amiens 

 et par Rouen. 15. D'oii apportez-vous cette nouvelle ? 16. Je 

 1'apporte de Cologne. 17. D'ou avez-vous amene ces superbcs 

 chevaux ? 18. Je les ai amenes d'Angleterre. 19. Si vous 

 quittez la France, avez-vous 1' intention d'emmener votre fils ? 



20. J'ai 1'intention de 1'emmener. 21. Qu' avez-vous apporte de 

 Prance ? 22. Nous avons apporte de magnifiques soieries, des 

 draps fins et des chapeaux de Lyon. 23. Avez-vons amene 

 votre fille & pied ou a cheval ? 24. Je 1'ai amenee en voiture. 

 25. Voa freres nous ont apporte des livres. 



EXERCISE 82. 



1. How long did your son live in London ? 2. He lived there 

 ten years. 3. How far is the physician gone ? 4. The physician 

 is gone as far as Cologne. 5. Has he taken his son with him ? 

 6. He has not taken him. 7. How have you brought your two 

 little girla ? 8.1 brought one in a carriage, and my wife carried 

 the other. 9. Is she too little to walk ? 10. She is not too small 

 to walk, but she is ill. 11. Have you brought your horse ? 

 12. We have brought two horses. 13. Have you brought the 

 books which you have promised me ? 14. I have forgotten to 

 bring them. 15. Has that lady brought her eldest son? 16. 

 She has brought all her children. 17. How did they come ? 

 18. They came in a carriage. 19. Which way did your brother 

 come from Germany ? 20. He came by Aix-la-Chapelle and 

 Brussels. 21. Do you intend to take your son to school this 

 afternoon ? 22. _I do not intend to take him there, it is too cold. 

 23. Is that child" too ill to walk ? 24. He is too ill to walk, 

 and I intend to carry him. 25. Why do you not take him in a 

 carriage ? 26. My brother has taken my horse away. 27. Have 

 you brought the physician ? 28. I have not brought him, no 

 one is ill at our house. 29. Will you take this book to church? 

 30. I have another, I do not want it. 31. Have you taken my 

 letter to the post-office ? 32. I have forgotten it. 33. How Lite 

 did you write ? 34. I wrote until after midnight. 35. Whence 

 do your sisters come ? 36. They come from Paris. 



HISTOEIC SKETCHES. XII. 



THE PROTECTOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH. 



AT the Eoyal Palace of Whitehall, on the 3rd of September, 1658, 

 a man lay dying. Eight days before he felt so confident of life 

 that he told his wife not to think he should die, as he felt sure 

 of the contrary. Now he was speechless, sinking ; and the last 

 thing about which he had seriously troubled himself was a 

 curious metaphysical one. " Tell me," he said to Sterry, a 

 minister who stood by him, " is it possible to fall from grace ?" 

 " It is not possible," said the minister. " Then," exclaimed the 

 dying man, " I am safe ; for I know that I was once in grace." 

 And then he prayed, " Lord, though a miserable and wretched 

 creature, I am in covenant with thee through thy grace, and 

 may and will come to thee for thy people. Thou hast made me 

 a mean instrument to do them some good, and thee service. 

 Many of them set too high a value upon me, though others 

 would be glad of my death. Lord, however thou disposest of 

 me, continue and go on to do good for them. Teach those who 

 look too much upon thy instruments, to depend more upon thy- 

 self, and pardon such as desire to trample upon the dust of a 

 poor worm, for they are thy people too." 



The attention of all England was riveted on the sick room at 

 Whitehall, with keen and sincere interest. From the lips of 

 many went forth earnest prayers that God would be pleased to 

 spare the invalid's life ; in the hearts of many there were fears 

 and misgivings as to what would come in the event of that 

 prayer being rejected ; in other hearts there were joy and exulta- 

 tion over the death of a sinner ; while in others, that should 

 have been kindly disposed, there was a certain sort of assurance 

 that there is something in the misfortunes of our greatest friends 

 which is not displeasing to us. A frightful wind-storm raged, 

 rooting up trees in the park, and tearing off the roofs of houses 

 in London. The friends of the dying argued that God was 

 giving warning of his intention to take to himself the great soul 

 of the sufferer ; his enemies argued that " the princes of the 

 powers of the air" were holding fearful revels amid the storm- 

 driven clouds in honour of the prospect of seizing on a great 

 offender's soul. 



The dying man was Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of Eng- 

 land and Ireland, the man who for ten years had governed the 

 kingdom in a right kingly way, and made it stronger and more 

 respected by all foreign powers than it had been since the days 

 of Henry V. and Agincourt ; the man who had subverted the 

 subverters of the monarchy, and had yet annihilated monarchy 



