READINGS IN GERMAN. 



frbrtcflty to* tngtn tbrtl etblatbtlitbe* : .Wort) ift $oltn niefct rtdortn." 

 4. I>a 8tftn Ubrrcicber 'iMicbtr vmnebrt ten 'iirrflanb. 5. Tfii Himtn 

 bti}uftct>en ill eme rtniftlirbe tyflicbt. 0. Dtr 9Utfbftl tor dtittn unl 

 3aljrc*{citeii, mic ta '.1b|"t(cn uub (Jinfetjen tcr .Ronige gtbJ'rt allcin ii-r 

 iiiori'clning an. 7. (ir mtljeitigt tiefcn ilMann, obnt ibn ju fenntn. 8. Die 

 (Mtfabr eilvi'te ten !l>i'utl> ter ioltatcn, anflatt ihn $u beugen. 9. Dtr 

 C^ulcr lernt taS ;ttirbiitn tint JDlaltn con feinem iBrutrr. 10. JDitft 

 UUeiff ju Ul'cn befonum nur nun 



<-ISE 80 (Vol. I., page 383). 



1. Hiiro you hoard also that I fell from my horse ? 2. No, I heard 

 you li.i>l fallen out of the carriage. 3. History mentions that Tilly, 

 who took Magdeburg in the Thirty Years' War, acted very barbarously. 

 4. My brother said you had boon much praised. 5. Frenchmen assort 

 that thoy are tho most educated people in tho world. G. Your sister 

 thought you had boon in tho town. 7. Englishmen are of opinion 

 that they are the musters of the sea. 8. This traveller said ho had 

 been twice at Borne. 9. He hopes ho shall be at Dresden in a week. 

 10. You fear you have been too slow in acting. 11. We thought you- 

 were in the country. 12. I think wo should have come to you yester- 

 day if the weather had been finer. 13. I thought ho had been mindful 

 of his parents' warning voice. 14. He told me indeed ho was ill, but 

 many declare it was dissimulation on his part. 15. His relations say 

 bis prosperity has brought on his misfortune. 16. I heard with re- 

 gret that you had had tho nervous fever. 17. Being up-stairs (in the 

 upper room), I did not hoar you call. 18. They say the Hungarian 

 faithfully defended his country until his death. IS). I heard this young 

 Frenchman would inherit a great fortune. 20. I believe that many 

 people will have had their happiness hero on earth. 



EXERCISE 81 (Vol. I., page 383). 



1. Qftan fngt, bitft -frtrttn fcitn bctrunfcn gtroefen, abtr fit irrtn ficb. 2. 

 Ulian fagt, tap tcr 5lufcntbalt in 3JariS angcntbmcr fci, ai$ in i!onton. 3. 

 2Btr fonnttn nicbt glaubcn, tap ticfcS tt?abr fei. 4. 9)ian glaubt aUgcmtin, 

 ttr Seinb b.abe tit reitjt uberfcbritten. 5. <5r bcfyauptctc, tap tS beffcr 

 tDvlrt, ju Jpaitfe ju bleibcn, al8 aujugeljtn. 6. 3d; nwHtt, tap tr mit 

 mtbr Siebe btbanfctlt ttwrtt. 7. dr fagt Sctcrmann, bap it tin ftl;r 

 retcbcr aftann fcten ; aber ttsenn u e ftdrtn, fo murttn it nicbt fo fpar 

 (am fcin. 8. abtn it aucb gcfyort, bap 3br tJreunb wm $rcrtc gefaflcn 

 fti ? 9. Sttin, abcr id) f)abc gcfyovt, tr fti au3 tt in SBagtn gtfaUcn. 10. 

 3cb Ijoffe, it w>crtcn in uicrjdm Sagcn bti Sbrcn Crltern fcin. 11. 3d) 

 jwcifft, tnfi cr fo unbanfbar ftin fann. 12. iEicfer Srcmte fagt, cr fci 

 in 3nticn, unb auf ftiner Icfcttn SJeift febr franf goccfcn. 



EXERCISE 82 (Vol. I., page 402). 



1. Do you like to see my brother-in-law ? 2. Yes, I like to eeo 

 him. 3. Uncle would like to see your drawings. 4. I like to have 

 friends near at hand. 5. In my youth I was fond of studying, but now 

 I take no pleasure in it. 6. He is fond of talking of his travels and 

 what he has met with. 7. If you need the books, I will lend them to 

 you with all my heart. 8. He does not like to separate himself from 

 his family. 9. I like a warm room. 10. Can you row us safely over 

 this stream ? 11. No, we are not able, for this boat is too small. 12. 

 If you are able to translate these newspapers, do it. 13. As I under- 

 stand the English language perfectly, I will gladly accept your pro- 

 posal. 14. If he is able to do the work well, he may come to me ; but if he 

 is not able, it would be useless. 15. He did not believe that I was able 

 to execute all his commands. 16. If thou knowest how to govern all 

 thy passions, thou art to be envied. 17. My friend Edward was so 

 weak that he was not able to walk alone, and therefore he asked me to 

 conduct him. 18. He thought no one was able to write on this rough 

 paper. 19. He was in want of money yesterday, consequently ho 

 asked me if I would give him some. 20. It is true, ho already owes 

 me several dollars ; but as he was in need of the money, I gave him 

 some. 21. No one is able to go out, because it rains too hard. 22. 

 He will soon be able to complete his work. 23. Ho cannot keep his 

 word, and for tho following reasons. 



EXERCISE 83 (Vol. I., page 403). 



1. 2Btnn tr nid;t im tantt geroefcn ware, tic 9lrbeit jit t6,un, fo ttjurte 

 tt fit nicbt unttrnommtn babtn. 2. 2Birb tr im tantt fetn, ftin 5>tr 

 fprccb.cn jn trfuHtn? 3. <Jr ift.tS nicbt im tantc gcftefen. 4. 2Bir foil. 

 *tn nicbt mtljr crfprtcf)cn, ( njir im tantt finb, ^u rrfiiUtn. 

 it im tantt, tint bcjfert rflarung son ticfem egcnftanbt abjugtbtn * 

 6. 3$ bin t tootyl im tanbt, abcr id) fiabt jtfct ftint 3eit. 7. -&olt ttr 

 flnabt mcintn tocf gtrn ? 8. SBcnn tr t tljut, fo ift t ungtrn ; id) 

 Juurbt litbtr fclbft gcbcn. 9. cbtn it 3&rt SBcrroantttn gtrn? 10. 

 3a, icb. ftbt fit gcrn. 11. SBtnn it titft a3itcbtr noting Ijabcn, fo Itibt 

 icb, fit 3b.ntn gtrn. 12. (3rr b.attt gtftcrn clt notfjig/tcjtbalb bat tr micb, 

 bap" id) ifym tintgtS gtbtn moctytt. 13. 3>a @ic fcb.on fo cicl fcfjulttn, fo ift 

 t imnuj, urn mt^r ju bitten. 14. 2Btr mocfttt nicbt gtrn tie SBunttn 

 tint franftn Jpcrjt n ^ctlcn ! 



EXERCISE 84 (Vol. L, page 403). 



1. I might have spared myself many an annoyance before now, 

 if I had been silent instead of contradicting. 2. I should like to know 



what you would have dona If 700 had been la my pteot. 3. If misfor- 

 tune had not viitd ma, I should hardly have com* to tbeae opinion* 

 4. Ha might have been happy, if h bad known bow to mako UJM of the 

 oppurtunity. 5. If tho water bad carried UM bridf* away, tb toll- 

 gatherer would haro been lost. 0. If I had been abb) to OOOM to you I 

 hould certainly not have remained bare. 7. Great men would never have 

 appeared, if they bad allowed tbemaelvea to be kept back by Hflf'lt4t 

 and trouble*. 8. If I bad resolved to attain what I wubed, I aboald 

 have had to work more diligently and peraoveringly. 9. If be bad 

 called, I should bare beard him. 10. We will not BO oat, it miybt 

 rain. 11. If you would communicato to me eoue particular! about 

 these affairs, you would very much oblige me. 12. It would be mjr 

 greatest joy to sue all men happy. 13. I must bare been without 

 sense, if I had engaged myself in these affair*. 14. The chore bar 

 vanished in the distance ; O how I long to be in my fatherland ! 15. II 

 ho were on I wish (him), and if be had answered all mjr requirement*, 

 I should have kept him. 



EXERCISE 85 (Vol. I., page 403). 



1. SB&rc 3f)r 5rcunb nicbt unroobl gerccrtcn, fo nriirtt tr gcrotji ta Sell 

 turc^ ftint cgcnnjart wrfifjontrt ^abtn 2. 2Bcnn 2tt fliigtt tolrtn, f 

 tcurttn it titft ltnanncl;mlicf)fcit ntdjt crfabrcn bat-en. 3. 3d) tviirtt 

 3b.r cfd)Aft in Drtnung gtbtacljt 6,abtn, nstnn Sit tS mtr gtfagt bltttn. 

 4. cin Srutcr n>iirtt btfftr tmpfangtn hjorttn ftin, n?tnn tr (Jmpft^IungJ- 

 britft gcfiabt fyatte. 5. <St murtt btfftrt Srcuntt ^abtn, nxnn re angt- 

 ncfymct wire. 6. it njiVtcn mchr rbtcitrtgfcitcn gc^abt ^abtn, ivtnn 

 Sit ttm SlatBt 3^rtr grtuntt nicbt gefolgt rcilrcn. 7. 3<^ icurtt nic^t 

 ttn geringflcn 3nitift( b. abcn, tap tt 3bnen gtlungtn rearc, ^ Jtten it flujtr 

 gctuntclt. 8. SBtt tcurtcn nac^ -&c((anb abfcgtln, totnn mic gunfii^cn 

 SBinb biltttn. 9. Sr urtt fctr trftt unttr unftrn Jtaufltuttn ftin, tttnn tr 

 gcfttligtr wflrt. 10. SBtnn \ti) tit SWadjt gc^abt tfattt, fo reurtt u^ anttrl 

 gcfyaiitctt ^abcn, btnn icf) tcurtc ntebt fo itl ttult gcbabt fcabtn. 11. 

 9Ba3 tcurbt tit lucffcligfeit tt SWtnfcbtn ftin, retnn tr ftin lud* 

 imtncr in ftcb. fclbft fuc^tc? 12. it rourten rtic^tr ftin, totnn it unttr- 

 nt^mtntcr roarcn. 13. SBtnn icb, metnt SScrft nid;t ccttcrtn B4ttt, wurtt 

 \fy fie nod) fyaben. 14. (Sr tcurtt nicfjt fo tiiel clt ^abcn, tetnn tr faul 

 getotfcn mJrt. 15. 3t groffcr tie cbtoittigbtit, ttfto grofftr ift ta 

 ffitrgnugtn fit ju ubtrnnnten. 16. SBtnn tr nicfjt ubtr tit Brucft geaangen 

 ttjirc, nmrbe btt 3oHntt ftint SStja^Iung i&ttlangt ^abtn. 

 EXERCISE 86 (Vol. IL, page 26). 



1. Can you not remember the day of my arrival ? 2. O yes, I stfl] 

 remember it very well. 3. There are many people who are more dis- 

 posed to remember their bad than their good actions. 4. It was diffi- 

 cult to convince him of the truth of this narration. 5. It is sometimes 

 very difficult to believe what wo cannot comprehend. C. It is hard for 

 the poor but industrious man to be obliged to claim the assistance of 

 strange people. 7. The English language is more difficult to me than 

 tho French. 8. With his money, his relations, and his knowledge, it 

 was not difficult for him to obtain a good as well as an agreeable posi- 

 tion. 9. Why does your brother learn so much quicker than yon ? 10. 

 Because he has a better memory, and can retain tho words better. 11. 

 Can you not remember to whom you have given the books and the 

 paper i> 12. I cannot remember anything about it. 13. The idler can- 

 not remember the rules, because he does not thoroughly learn them, 

 and likes play better than work. 14. Theft is a crime. 15. He placed 

 a dollar in the poor man's hand. 16. We gladly remember friends at 

 a distance. 17. Young people sometimes wear epectacles in order to 

 appear learned. 



EXERCISE 87 (Vol. II., page 26). 



1. Gmnncrn it ftcf; tt Sagt* ttr ?lnfunft 3brc grcuntc* ? 2. 3a, to) 

 trinncre micf> tc Sage* felir H>obX 3. te mtifitn 3Henfcbfn rrinntm ftcj 

 fctr Sabrt ibrcr 3ugenb mit '-Btrgnugtn. 4. <$t gitbt tide, bit ftcb ibm 

 Seibcnfcbaftcn mit cbam crtnntrn. 5. C ift fcbu'tr, allc JRtgtln tina 

 prad;t ju bcbalttn. 6. <5 if* nic$t fo farcer, tincn tlebrten ?u ubtr- 

 jeugen, al3 cincn Ungetebjrten. 7. 3ft f fcbnxr, ftcb ttn @*irffalrn trt 

 8tbcn }u unttmtrftn ? 8. 3a, t ift ftbr fcbmtr ; abtr tcr tenfentt aHtnft 

 uberttintct fit. 9. .Ronntn it ftcb nic^t trinnern, xm it metn 3ucb 

 gclieficn babcn ? 10. 9cetn, icb trinntrt micb tefftn nic^t. 11. Sugtn tfl 

 tint untc. 



EXERCISE 88 (Vol. II., page 27). 



1. Ho who does not esteem old people, is not worthy to be esteemed 

 himself. 2. If a person resolved to notice every speech, he would 

 have to trouble himself about many things. 3. He was in want of the 

 means necessary to carry out his plans. 4. Who will take care of 

 me when I am forsaken? 5. When he repents of his fault*, then 

 will I, too, think no more of them. 6. I should still need many more 

 things, if I were not accustomed to dispense with articles which many 

 people think indispensable. 7. The general mentioned your son as 

 one of the bravest men in hia regiments. 8. Grant me my petition, O 

 Lord, and protect me from my enemies. 9. Eemember my petition. 

 10. Nothing is more insufferable than to wait lonjr for some one, who. 

 at last, does not come at all. 11. I was anxiously waiting a long tim 

 for you, when I at last saw yon come. 12. Take pity on tho child 



