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particular positions. Hence Michel Angel- > for the 



it Urge scarcely more than a great name : ho is far moro 

 1 tliau known and admired. 



LESSONS IN GERMAN. XXXV. 



SECTION LXVIII. VABIOVJS IDIOMS (continued). 

 THE word eigen (own) is often used with an article, as also 

 with a pronoun preceding, as : (ft fat em eigene* itffett, ho has 

 (an own hrso) a hor.-io of his own. (Sigen has also the kindred 

 signification, " ].rnili:ir, singular; " as : (ft ifl tin eigener HHenfd;, 

 be is a " peculiar " man, etc. 



1 . .Mitten (to find) often answers to our verbs " to think " or 

 M consider," as : 3d; flnte ten SBtin feb,t gut, I (find) tl> 

 wine very good. 3$ finle tt unrtdjt, tofj tr ta getfan fat, I think or 



r it wrong that ho has done that. 



J. fallen (to hold), with its proper case, followed by fur, has, 

 like ftnten, the sense "to think" or "consider;" as: (ft fait 

 mid; fut fcincn Betnt, he thinks me (literally, holds me for) his 

 enemy. Followed by auf, fatten also means " to esteem, re- 

 gard ; " as: 3d; fatte viel auf ift,n, I think much of him. For 9luf. 

 fallen, to hinder, see Sect. XXXVII. 



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RESUME OF EXAMPLES. 



ifl fo fefit unfet etgcn, al 



unfre etan'fcn ; atteS 2ln'bcrc ifl 



auper unJ. 

 ic inciflcn <Wenfd;en fmb son (Sm 



pfin'tung ib.re eignen 2Bertty 



auf'geblafen, n>eil fie nicfjt nnffcn, 



n?a bet ab,te SBettb, te Often. 



fd;en ifl. 

 SBet fat {t ben fatten Jtanf tc 



rfiicffafc gern unb Wnllig ge 



nom'men ? 

 <er taf fommt fo eben mit feinent 



efol'ge on let 3agt. 

 alic ja fcft an tcm taubcn an 



ott, ten Cenfet teine* djuffalS. 



2Bit bcut'tficilen tie 9Kcnfd;en in 

 stelen Batten nur narf; tern 

 Serein, unb fallen manege fuv 

 flug n>cil fie an'mapent, unb 

 an'terc fur itn'imffenb, n>eil fie 

 befd;eitcn fint. 



Nothing is so much our own, as 

 our thoughts ; all else is ex- 

 terior to us. 



Most men are puffed up by a 

 feeling of their own worth, 

 because they do not know 

 what the true worth of man 

 is. 



"Who has ever cheerfully and 

 voluntarily taken the bitter 

 cup of fate ? 



Tho count is just coming, with 

 his retinue, from the chase. 



Hold (Sect. XLIII. 4) fast to 

 thy (the) faith in God, the 

 disposer of thy destiny. 



Wo estimate men in many cases 

 only by the appearance, and 

 regard many as wise becaxise 

 they are assuming, and others 

 as ignorant because they are 

 modest. 



EXERCISE 130. 



1. agen (Sect. LXXXII. 1) ic mit, ob ba 36,r eigene* $fctb ifl? 

 2. J&abcn tiefe JJtnbet sict cigeneS 'JSermogen ? 3. 36,tt Gltetn waten fe6t 

 reicty. 4. 3d; fintc ti fetyt eigen, bap et nid;t feine eigenen $fette benufct, 

 fontern mil antcrn fa6,tt. 5. 3d) fabe fein eigeneJ J&au. 6. 3fl tie* 

 fcin eigenet 2Bagen, oter fat et ttyn nut gemietfjet ? 7. iCiefe Stage finte 

 id) fefa eigcn. 8. S ifl bie (Sect. XXXV. 3) meine eigene llebet^eugung, 

 nari) tcr tcf) fantle. 9. Xicfcr altc Jtaufmann ifl ein fchr eigcnct i'ltnul'. 

 10. 3ebet SDJenfd; fat feine rignen Be^let. 11. Sinb 3ie je in liefem 

 J&aufe gemefen? 12. 3d; bin nie ta gerccfen. 13. 3d; falte e< fur mcine 

 $flid;t, mid; nicfjt ubet ibn auf;ufalten. 14. 3d; metbe nie vcn meincn 

 runtf^^en abweid;en. 15. into ie nod; md;t be; metncm Crutet 

 gewefen? 16. 3d; fabe ib,n fo eben gefefan. 17. 3ft Dftne Softer fiton 

 in meinem Warten getocfcn? 18. ie ifl nod; md;t augegangen. 19. 

 $aben ie je ein fo interefiante Sanb beteifl ? 20. 3d; fabt fdjon -tel 

 d;one< gcfehen, abet nie tergeffe id? tie retjenbt d;nxi). 21. @P ttal 

 fabe td; fd;on ttieber einen JBrief befommen. 22. inb ie fo fruf ge- 

 fi'mmen, tap it fd;cn wietet gefan ? 23. eb.en ie ja (Sect. XLIII. 

 4) ntd;t ,u nab,e an ta Seuet. 24 JTontmen 3ie ja balb juriicf . 25. 



3a, id; metre el jetenfaUl il-uu 96. 0g| d ja ni^t. 

 tn ten iii}.ilt ju geben '11. 3d, wme raid; ja |*Uii, ibm d> pi Intern 

 , RcTtMbMfkb uiH u* \a fcfan 29. a|l X* t v I>iue H 

 gut gef^lcffen V 30. !Neb.men Cu M) we litfrn XtUtm ja u ^t 81. 

 Unterfdir - ., Safae tcm alfd;j 32. 3d; fate ni^ Uayre 



.U-u in Berlin unb eiD)ig aufgefialun 33. <fr fat m4j ftkrr (tor |dk 

 tunte bei meiner '.Irbeu aufgefaltcn 34. Weuu Sreunte faUm rt aof 

 mid;, meil id; mid; uber 92icmant auf falte. 



ExJtBCIHE 131. 



1. The reflecting man never deviate* from the path of virtue. 

 2. Have you ever travelled over uch a baantifnl country M 

 Italy or Switzerland ? 3. No, bat I shall never forpt the 

 beautiful valleys of the Rhine. 4. Do not believe everything 

 they tell you. 5. The father is jont coming with hia son and 

 the uncle from their journey. 6. DOOM the teacher think maeh 

 of his scholars '< 7. Yes, ho considers them very good. 8. U 

 thinks much of a comfortable life. 9. This man regards his 

 abilities too much. 10. John is his enemy, bnt he thinks he 

 his friend. 11. I have a house of my own, and my brother ha* 

 none. 12. Is this your own invention ? 13. Yes, it is; bat I 

 consider this a very singular question. 14. This man has a 

 peculiar notion. 15. Do you not find your friend a peculiar 

 man ? 16. Yes, I do; he finds fault with everybody. 17. Haw 

 you ever been in the museum ? 18. Yes, I have been then 

 several times. 19. Have you already been in the garden of y 

 uncle ? 20. To procure repose to others, he sacrifices his own. 



21. My friends hindered me very mnch in my employment. 



22. A prince can improve the laws of his forefathers as weD a* 

 his own. 



SECTION LXEL-VABIOU8 IDIOMS 

 SBet (he who), as a relative, stands at the head of its clause ; 

 the word which it represents always coming after ; as : ffla 

 ;ufneten ifl, ber ifl gludlid;, he who is contented is happy. Gene- 

 rally, however, the demonstrative is left out in the principal 

 clause, as: 2Ber auf tern SBege tet lugent wantelt, ifl glucflu$, 

 he who walks in the path of virtue is happy. SBrr kid; nu 

 fennt, mup tid; mlaffcn, he who knows thee well most quit Ihee. 

 (Byron.) 



1. 28 aS is employed like the corresponding English word : 

 as: 2Ca fcfion ifl, fann an* f*lecfct fein, what is beautiful can 

 also be bad. (ft ifl, a* id; fein nuxtte, he is what I would 

 (wish to) be. 



2. After an antecedent, used in a general and indefinite sense} 

 ia is often employed as a simple relative ; as : Or gloibt Viet. 

 10 a et bctt, he believes all that he hears. 3d; tbut ftOtf, ! fa| 

 fann, I do all that I can. (ft glaubt nut tal, a et flc^t. he 

 believes only that which he sees. When, however, the ante- 

 cedent is particularly specified, trdd>e (not nsrt) is to be em- 

 ployed; as: Ta iBud;, cld;e< 3ie mit gclufan far<n. the book 

 which you have lent me. 



3. 2Da is, likewise, sometimes used instead of nxmim k as : 

 2Ba lad;en ic? why (irarum) do you laugh ? or, what are you 

 laughing at P 



4. ebuttig and gcbcren correspond commonly to oar words 

 " native " and " born ; " as : (ft ifl ein gebcrnet Doufd^r, he is a 

 native German, fficber finb ie gcburtig? where were you born ? 

 3cf) bin auf Berlin geburrig, I was born in Berlin, (ft if* ein gcbenKi 

 Surfl, he is a prince by birth, nrau 91. war einc g/Aacu 9 , Mr*. 

 N. was a Miss G. 



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