The German language in one volume containing i. A practical grammar. ii. Undine iii. A vocabulary, by Falck Lebahn |
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accusative adjectives adverb alte Fischer angekleidet ankleiden anmuthig arme article auf's become Bertalda Bitte brother Bruder case compound dative declined dies-er dieß eben ein-e English Examples EXERCISE express expressed fich find first Fluthen formed Frau Freund friend gehen gelobt gender generally genitive German give Gold good gut-en halb Hand Haus Herr Herzen Herzogs von Wellington house Huldbrand Hütte ihr-e Imperfect Indicative infinitive Kind Kind-er kommen konnte Kühleborn laß laßt Leute lieber ließ little make Mann Männ-er mein-e muß Muthe neuter never nominative noun number participle past person placed plöglich plural Pökeln praised preposition present Priester pronoun recht rendered Ringstetten Ritter sagte Schlacht bei Waterloo ſein sein-e sentence ſich ſie singular sometimes stand Subjunctive substantives syllable take tenses Thal thing Thränen thun Thür time Undine unser-e unsere used Vater verb viel ward Wein weiß welch-e wieder wohl wollen wollte words Worte دو وو
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Page 202 - YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow ; attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia.
Page 193 - I always had the satisfaction of finding he never came back to return them. By this, the house was cleared of such as we did not like ; but never was the family of Wakefield known to turn the traveller, or the poor dependant, out of doors.
Page 192 - The year was spent in moral or rural amusement ; in visiting our rich neighbours, and relieving such as were poor. We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo ; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown. As we lived near the road, we often had the traveller or stranger visit us to taste our gooseberry-wine, for which we had great reputation ; and I profess, with the veracity of an historian, that I never knew one of them find fault with...
Page 205 - Such was the appearance of security and delight, which this retirement afforded, that they, to whom it was new, always desired, that it might be perpetual ; and, as those, on whom the iron gate had once closed, were never suffered to return, the effect of long experience could not be known. Thus every year produced new schemes of delight, and new competitors for imprisonment.
Page 204 - ... and during eight days every one that resided in the valley was required to propose whatever might contribute to make seclusion pleasant, to fill up the vacancies of attention, and lessen the tediousness of time.
Page 191 - I WAS ever of opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
Page 191 - I began to think seriously of matrimony, and chose my wife as she did her wedding gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well.
Page 202 - ... fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope ; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow, attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. Rasselas was the fourth son of the mighty Emperor in whose dominions the father of waters begins his course — whose bounty pours down the streams of plenty, and scatters over the world the harvests of Egypt.
Page 202 - The only passage by which it could be entered was a cavern that passed under a rock, of which it has long been disputed whether it was the work of nature or of human industry.
Page xvi - Travel in the younger sort is a part of education ; in the elder a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.