Graduated exercises for translation into German, extr. from Engl. authors arranged, with an appendix, by F.O. FroemblingFriedrich Otto Froembling 1866 |
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... character of Julius Cæsar . 7. The mountain of miseries .. 8. The dead ass 9. The schoolboy's pilgrimage 10. The saddler's pet rat . 11. Incident during the plague in London .. 12. Execution of Mary , Queen of Scots 13. Roderick ...
... character of Julius Cæsar . 7. The mountain of miseries .. 8. The dead ass 9. The schoolboy's pilgrimage 10. The saddler's pet rat . 11. Incident during the plague in London .. 12. Execution of Mary , Queen of Scots 13. Roderick ...
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... Character of Rousseau . POPE . 123 FULLER 125 BURKE 127 66. Discovery of the holy lance at Antioch GIBBON . 129 67. Discovery of a colossal sculpture . at Nimroud LAYARD 131 68. Effects of the death of Nelson .. 69. Houses and furniture ...
... Character of Rousseau . POPE . 123 FULLER 125 BURKE 127 66. Discovery of the holy lance at Antioch GIBBON . 129 67. Discovery of a colossal sculpture . at Nimroud LAYARD 131 68. Effects of the death of Nelson .. 69. Houses and furniture ...
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... Character of Henry VIII . FROUDE 203 25. The starling .. STERNE . 206 26. On human grandeur . GOLDSMITH 207 27. Rise and decline of the style of Queen Anne's reign . JEFFREY 209 28. Sufferings during the siege of Genoa . ARNOLD 212 29 ...
... Character of Henry VIII . FROUDE 203 25. The starling .. STERNE . 206 26. On human grandeur . GOLDSMITH 207 27. Rise and decline of the style of Queen Anne's reign . JEFFREY 209 28. Sufferings during the siege of Genoa . ARNOLD 212 29 ...
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Friedrich Otto Froembling. Page 44. Character of Falstaff . 45. The young philosopher 46. Machiavelli and Montesquieu . 47. On tedious story - tellers . 48. Results of civilization HAZLITT 247 ΑΙΚΙΝ 250 MACAULAY 252 STEELE 254 ADAM SMITH ...
Friedrich Otto Froembling. Page 44. Character of Falstaff . 45. The young philosopher 46. Machiavelli and Montesquieu . 47. On tedious story - tellers . 48. Results of civilization HAZLITT 247 ΑΙΚΙΝ 250 MACAULAY 252 STEELE 254 ADAM SMITH ...
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... Character of William of Orange 36. Turning the grindstone ... 37. Dante and Milton .. 39. On Wages . 40. The character of Cato 41. Origin of the white , the red , and the black men . 42. " With brains , Sir " . Highwayman .. M'CANN 70 ...
... Character of William of Orange 36. Turning the grindstone ... 37. Dante and Milton .. 39. On Wages . 40. The character of Cato 41. Origin of the white , the red , and the black men . 42. " With brains , Sir " . Highwayman .. M'CANN 70 ...
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Page 14 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone...
Page 91 - The old man told him that he worshipped the fire only, and acknowledged no other god. At which answer Abraham grew so zealously angry, that he thrust the old man out of his tent, and exposed him to all the evils of the night, and an unguarded condition. When the old man was gone, God called to Abraham, and asked him where the stranger was : he replied, I thrust him away because he did not worship thee.
Page 14 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.
Page 198 - REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law; but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office.
Page 71 - I call upon the honor of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.
Page 79 - Catiline. But he has done his robberies so openly that one may see he fears not to be taxed by any law. He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. With the spoils of these writers he so represents old Rome to us, in its rites, ceremonies, and customs, that if one of their poets had written either of his tragedies, we had seen less of it than in him.
Page 46 - Tis thou, thrice sweet and gracious goddess, addressing myself to LIBERTY, whom all in public or in private worship, whose taste is grateful, and ever will be so, till NATURE herself shall change no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle or...
Page 199 - ... and it is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous the party should know whence it cometh: this is the more generous. For the delight seemeth to be not so much in doing the hurt as in making the party repent: but base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark. Cosmus, duke of Florence, had a desperate saying against perfidious or neglecting friends, as if those wrongs were unpardonable: You shall read (saith he) that we are commanded to forgive our enemies;...
Page 199 - take good at God's hands, and not be content to take evil also ? " and so of friends in a proportion.
Page 47 - As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down. — shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction. I heard his chains upon his legs, as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle. He gave a deep sigh, — I saw the iron enter into his soul. I burst into tears, — I could not sustain the picture of confinement which my fancy had drawn.