like to lend1 his books, and answered, 'I never let my books go out of my room; but if you will come and read it in my room, you are quite welcome to do so the whole day long.' 2

A few days afterwards the disobliging student could not get his fire to burn, and sent to his fellow-student to borrow his bellows for a minute. But the latter replied, 'that he never allowed his bellows to go out of his room, but if Mr. Mayer would come and use them in his room, he was quite welcome to do so the whole day long.'

40. THE DEFENCE OF ARRAH.

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The Globe gives a clear sketch of the defence and relief of Arrah. Here were a dozen of British gentlemen and two score of gallant Sikhs encircled by thousands of mutineers. But they hoped for speedy succour, and were unwilling to give up a fortified post and fly from the rebels. They resolved, therefore, to defend themselves, as long as powder and ball and provisions remained in store. They did more; they increased their store by a sortie 6 an act of great daring by which they obtained a number of sheep; and they showed further forethought by sinking a well. The rebels from Dinapore came down in a swarm upon the little band. No doubt they made sure of their prey, putting that trust in their numbers which they dared not place in their bravery, but all in vain.

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1 Did not like to lend, i. e. lent not willingly. In German 'to like' must mostly be translated by the adverb 'gern (willingly)', with the following verb in the tense of 'to like'.

2 Accusative is used in German in answer to the question: How long? 3 He could not get his fire to burn, i. e. fonnte der sein Feuer nicht

zum Brennen bringen.

4 To hope for, hoffen auf.

See p. 4 n. 4.

6 Sortie, der Ausfall.

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8 By sinking, i. e. thereby that they sank, dadurch daß sie

9 Putting, see p. 14 n. 9.

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41. HORATIUS AND HIS SISTER.

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Horatius, after1 he had 2 conquered the three Alban 3 brothers, tarnished his fame by a very cruel action. His sister was betrothed to one of the Curiatii, and wept when she saw the garment of her lover over the shoulder of her brother. She had made this garment herself. The weeping of the sister provoked the wrath of the brother; he drew s his sword and killed the girl. Thus a glorious victory was tarnished by a monstrous murder.

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42. TRIFLES MAKE PERFECTION.

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A friend called on Michael Angelo, who was finishing a statue: some time after 10 he called 11 again; the sculptor was still at 12 his work. His friend, looking 13 at the figure, exclaimed, 'You have been idle since I saw you last.' 14 'By no means,' replied the sculptor; 'I have retouched this part, and polished that; I have softened this feature, and brought out 15 this muscle; I have given more expression to this lip,

1 Horatius, after he had i. e. in German:

conquered (besiegt).

2 See p. 1 n. 5.

after Horatius had

3 Alban, albanisch; adjectives derived from nationalities are written with small letters in German.

4 See p. 4 n. 6.

5 Saw, sah, is the Impf. of sehen, sah, gesehen.

6 Herself i. e. selbst, see p. 4 n. 4.

'The Pres. Part. used as a noun in English is expressed in German by the Infinitive with the article in the neuter form.

8 Drew, 30g, is Impf. of ziehen, zog, gezogen.

9 Who was finishing; the present Part. with an auxiliary verb not being employed in German it must be rendered by:

der eben... beendigte, or, fertig machte.

who just finished,

10 Some time after, einige Zeit hernach, or, nach einiger Zeit.

11 To call i. e. here, besuchen, with a person in the Accus.; or kommen. 12 At, an, (dat.)

13 Looking, see p. 14 n. 9; here to be dissolved into a sentence beginning with a relative pronoun or the conjunction indem or als.

14 Last, i. e. the last time zum legten Mal, or zulegt.

15 To bring out, hervor-heben (sep. verb); heben, hob, gehoben.

and more energy to this limb.' 'Well, well,' said his friend, 'but all these are trifles.' 'It may be so,' replied Angelo, 'but recollect that trifles make perfection, and that perfection is no trifle.'

43. THE ROMANS AND GERMANS.

The Romans loved at first1 their country and liberty more than riches. But many victories have been their ruin. They had more wars than any other nation, and in most they have been victors. In their wars with the Germans, however, they have not been so fortunate as in the others. The war which Varus, a general of the Romans, carried on 2 against the Germans, was most unlucky. The greater part of his soldiers and Varus himself3 lost their lives in this campaign.

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44. THE WARLIKE SPARTANS.

The love of their country was the chief sentiment with which the Spartans laboured to inspire their youth, and the science of war was almost their only study. For it appears to have been the intention of Lycurgus to form a nation of soldiers; not, indeed, that they might indulge" themselves in a spirit of 10 conquest, and by that means 11 give 12 themselves up to ambition and injustice, but that they might be able to maintain the peace and liberty of their

1 At first, anfangs.

2 Carried on,

unternommen).

i. e. which was carried on (unternehmen, unternahm,

3 Himself, see p. 4 n. 4.

4 To lose, verlieren, Impf. verlor, P. P. verloren.

9 To indulge one's self, sich hineinleben in.

10 'Of' to be expressed here by the Genitive of the def. article.

11 By that means, dadurch, so.

12 To give one's self up, sich ergeben (dat.).

country against dangerous neighbours. Their first and principal lesson in the art of war was, 'Never to flee, but either to conquer or die.'

45. DEATH OF SIR JOHN MOORE.

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They carried him to his lodgings, and laid him down. upon a couch. The pain of his wound increased. He spoke with difficulty and at intervals. 2 He was firm and composed to the last. Once only, speaking 3 of his mother, hea showed great emotion. 'You know,' said he to his old friend, Colonel Anderson, 'that I always wished to die thus ... I hope,' he exclaimed, 'the people of England will be satisfied! I hope my country will do me justice.'. . . . These precious sentences were among the last he uttered: his sufferings were not long: he expired with the hand of Colonel Anderson pressed firmly in his own.

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Soon after nightfall the remains 10 of Sir John Moore were quietly interred in the citadel of Corunna. Soldiers dug 11 his grave, soldiers laid him in the earth. He was buried in his military cloak, and was left asleep and alone upon a bastion a bed of honour well chosen for a hero's resting place. 12

1 Carried, trugen, Impf. of tragen, trug, getragen.

2 At intervals, in Zwischenräumen.

3 Speaking, see p. 14 n. 9 here = when he spoke of, als er von

He exclaimed, rief er aus; ausrufen is a separable verb.

7 Me' is Dative here to me.

8 The relative pronoun cannot be omitted in German as in English; therefore here: the last which he uttered.

9 To expire, verscheiden, Impf. verschied, P. P. verschieden.

10 The remains, die Ueberreste, here, die Gebeine, or der Leichnam. 11 To dig, graben, Impf. grub, P. P. gegraben.

12 Resting place, Ruheort.

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46. THE AUSTRIAN OFFICER.

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An old Austrian officer, who was1 poor, entreated 2 the emperor Joseph II. for help, and said that he had ten children alive. Joseph, desirous of ascertaining the facts of the case, went in disguise to the officer's house, and instead of ten, found eleven children there. 'Why eleven?' "The eleventh is a poor orphan,' replied the soldier, 'whom I took 5 into my house from motives of charity.' The prince immediately ordered a hundred florins to be given to each of the children.

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47. THE TWO FRIENDS.

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As Richard and Lubin came home one evening, Richard found a purse of gold, which he picked up. 11 'Oh!' exclaimed 12 Lubin, 'how lucky we are to-night.' 'I am,' replied Richard, 'you should not say we.' They continued 18 their journey and met with 14 two robbers. Richard exclaimed,

1 See p. 1 n. 5.

2 To entreat for, angehen (acc.) um; here, ging..

um . . . an.

3 Desirous of ascertaining, i. e. desirous to ascertain, see p. 14 n. 9. 4 Went, ging; gehen, to go, ging, gegangen.

5 Took, nahm; nehmen, to take, nahm, genommen.

6 From, aus (dat.)

Ordered to be given ordered (befahl) ... zu geben, in German the Infin. of the Active V. being used instead of the Pass. V., especially after 'to be'; as es ist nicht zu glauben, it is not to be believed.

11 Which he picked up, welche (die) er auf—hob (Impf. of heben). Separable prefixes (as auf) are not separated from the verb, when the sentence begins with a relative pronoun or a conjunction.

12 To exclaim, aus—rufen, Impf. rief aus, P. P. ausgerufen. Verbs beginning with a preposition are mostly separable, i. e. the prefix (prepos.) follows then the verb in the Pres., Impf. and Imperat. tenses; and the prefix ge of the Past Part. as well as the prepos. 3u, to, before the Inf. are inserted between prefix and verb.

13 They continued, sie seßten . . . fort.

14 To meet with, treffen (acc.), Impf. traf, P. P. getroffen.