A Complete Grammatical Course of the German Language

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and disposition" of business. For expert 11 execute 13 and perhaps judge of particulars one by one; but the general counsels," and the plots, 18 and marshalling 19 of affairs, come best from them that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; 20 to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly 22 by their rules is the humour 23 of a scholar." They perfect" nature, and are perfected by experience; for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning" by duty; and studies themselves do give for directions 28 too much at large,29 except they be bounded in by experience.30 Crafty men contemn 32 studies, simple 33 men admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not their own use, but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation." Read not to contradict 35 and confute,36 nor to believe and take for granted; " not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted,39 others to be swallowed," and some few to be chewed 40 and digested: 41 that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; 42 and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy," and extracts 44 made of them by others; but that should be only in the less important 5 arguments, 16 and the meaner sorts of books; else" distilled 48 books are like common distilled waters, flashy 49 things. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; 53 and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. BACON.

11 die Anordnung; 12 erfahren, kundig. sachverständig; 13 ausführen, verrichten; 14 urtheilen; 15 der Umstand; 16 allgemein; 17 die Berathschlagung;

18 der 20 die Träg24 der

Plan, Entwurf, die Verschwörung; 19 ordnen, ausführen, anführen; heit, Faulheit; 21 die Ziererei, Leidenschaft; gänzlich; 23 die Laune, Grille; Gelehrte; 25 vervollkommnen; 26 nöthig haben, bedürfen; 27. beschneiden; 28 die Richtung; weitläufig; 30 die Erfahrung; 31 listig, verschlagen, verschmigt; 32 verachten; 33 arglos; 34 die Beobachtung; 35 widersprechen; 36 widerlegen; 37 ausgemacht; 41 verdauen; 42 neugierig, sorgfältig; 43 der Stellvertreter ; 44 der Auszug; 45 wichtig; Beweis, Streitgegenstand ; 47 sonst. wo nicht; 48 deftillirt, abgekürzt ; mernd, oberflächlich; 50 die Unterredung ; 51 gewandt; 52 pünktlich, gewissenhaft;

38 kosten;

53 der Wiz, Verstand.

39 verschlingen;

40 fäuen;

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XVL

AN ARGUMENTATIVE PIECE.

VIRTUE OUR HIGHEST INTEREST.

I find myself existing upon a little spot, surrounded every way by an immense unknown expansion.'-Where am I? What sort of a place do I inhabit? Is it exactly accommodated, in every instance, to my convenience? Is there no excess of cold, none of heat, to offend" me? Am I never annoyed" by animals, either of my own kind," or a different? Is everything subservient to me, as though I had ordered all myself?-No; nothing like it-the farthest from it possible. The world appears not then originally made for the private convenience of me alone? It does not.-But is it not possible to accommodate it by my own" particular industry? If to accommodate man and beast, heaven and earth,-if this be beyond" me, it is not possible. What consequence 20 then follows? Or can there be any other than this? If I seek an interest of my own, detached from that of others, I seek an interest which is chimerical," and can never have existence. How, then, must I determine? Have I no interest at all? If I have not, I am a fool for staying here. "Tis a smoky house, and the sooner out of it the better. But why no interest? Can I be contented with none but one separate and detached? Is a social interest joined with others such an absurdity" as not to be admitted? The bee," the beaver," and the tribes" of herding animals, are enough to convince me that the thing is, somewhere at least," possible. How, then, am I assured that it is not equally true of man? Admit it, and what follows? If so, then honour and justice are my interest; then the whole train of moral virtues are my interest; without some portion of which not even thieves can main1 ta sein, sein Laicin haben; 2 rie Stelle, ter Blag, bas Stud Lant; 3 unermenhrie Austebaung, ter Raum; bewohnen; * poñen, fich id ft; the Be pebung; tie Besumlichtru; *ta Uebermag, übermisig; 10 erzürnen, mizíallen, ichalen; beunruhigt; rie Gattung; 13 rienisch, willfäbrig; 14 als wenn; 19 είξει; wrirränglich;

wett tazen entfernt

zurichten, rañent machen, einrichten; 1* auger, auger zen Kräften fein; rie Belge; 21 eheben; 22 marrich, eingebüret, 23 tas Laien, befteben; 28 getrennt; abgejoutert; griellichaftlich, ge= fellig; the iherbest; geiten lafen, zulañen; # rie Biene; 31 ter Biber; # tet Stamm; hertenweise leben; wenigftens; verfichert; ebenic;

tain 38 society. But further still-I stop not here—I pursue this social interest as far as I can trace my several relations.41 I pass from my own, my own neighbourhood, my own nation,12 to the whole race of mankind, as dispersed" throughout the earth.-Am I not related to them all by the mutual aids of commerce; by the general intercourse 47 of arts and letters; 48 by that common nature, of which we all participate?"-Again, I must have food 50 and clothing — without a proper 52 genial 5 warmth I instantly perish. Am I not related, in this view, to the very earth itself; to the distant sun, from whose beams I derive vigour ; 55 to that stupendous 56 course 57 and order of the infinite 5 host 59 of Heaven, by which the times and seasons ever uniformly 60 pass on? Were this order once confounded, I could not probably survive 62 a moment, so absolutely do I depend on this common general welfare. What, then, have I to do, but to enlarge 65 Virtue into Piety ? 66 Not only honour and justice, and what I owe to man, are my interest; but gratitude also, acquiescence, 67 resignation, 6 adoration, 69 and all I owe to this great polity," and its greater Governor, our common Parent. But if all these moral and divine habits be my interest, I need not, surely, seek for a better. I have an interest compatible" with the spot on which I live; I have an interest which may exist, without altering the plan of Providence ;72 without mending 73 or marring" the general order of events." I can bear whatever happens with manlike magnanimity can be contented, and fully happy in the good which I possess; and can pass through this turbid," this fickle,78 fleeting period, without bewailings," or envyings, or murmurings, or complaints. HARRIS.

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38 behaupten; 39 verfolgen; 40 nachfolgen, entwerfen ; 41 die Verwandtschaft, Beziehung; 42 der Stamm, das Geschlecht; 43 das Menschengeschlecht; 44 breitet ; verwandt; gegenseitig ; 47 der Verkehr, die Gemeinschaft; 48 die Künfte und Wissenschaften; 49 Theil nehmen an, Theil haben an; 50 die Speise; 51 die Kleibung; 53 natürlich; 54 die Hinsicht; 55 die Stärke, Kraft; 56 erstaunlich; 57 der Lauf; 58 unendlich; 59 die Schaar; 60 61 gleichförmig; 62 am Leben sein; 63 durchaus; 64 abhangen; 65 ausdehnen, erweitern; 66 die Frömmigkeit, kindliche Liebe; 67 die Einwilligung, das Vertrauen; Entsagung, Ergebung; 69 die Anbetung, Verehrung; 70 die bürgerliche Verfassung; passend, verträglich; 72 die Vorsehung; 73 verbessern; 74 verderben;

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75 die Begebenheit; 76 die Großmuth; 77 trübe; 78 veränderlich, wankelmüthig; 79 die Weheklage; 80 die Beneidung; 81 das Murren; 82 die Beschwerde, Klage.

XVII.

AN ORATION.

THE SPEECH OF BRUTUS ON THE DEATH OF CESAR.

Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause; * and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake’ your senses, that you may the better judge." If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Cæsar's, to him I say, that Brutus's love to Cæsar was no less than his. If then that friend demand, why Brutus rose against Cæsar, this is my answer: Not that I loved Cæsar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather " Cæsar were living, and die all slaves; than that Cæsar were dead, to live all freemen? As Cæsar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but as he was ambitious," I slew him. There are tears for his love, joy for his fortune, honour for his valour, and death for his ambition. Who's here so base,19 that would be a bondman?" If any, speak; for him have I offended.21 Who's here so rude," that would not be a Roman? If any. speak; for him have I offended. Who's here so vile, that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended.-I pause" for a reply.*

None?—then none have I offended—I have done no more to Cæsar, than you should do to Brutus. The question of his death is enrolled in the Capitol: his glory* not extenuated, wherein he was worthy; nor his offences 31 enforced," for which he suffered death.

Here comes his body," mourned by Mark Antony; who, though he had no hand in his death, shall receive the benefit of his dying, a place in the commonwealth; as which of you shall not? With this I depart, that, as I slew my best lover for the good" of Rome, I have the same dagger 38 for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death. SHAKSPEARE.

1 die Rete; 2 ter Römer; 3 Geliebte; 4 anhören; 5 un um-willen; tie Gerechts fache; 7 rie Hochachtung; 8 tabeln; 9 erweden, aufmuntern; 10 Sinne; 11 urtheilen, 12 die Versammlung; 13 sich erheben; 14 wolltet ihr lieber; der freie Mann; 16 tapfer; 17 ehrsüchtig, ehrbegierig; erschlagen; niet erträchtig; 21 beleitigen; roh, ungebildet;

wort;

der Sclave;

schlecht, gering; einhalten; 25 die Ant

28 die Streitfrage, Untersuchung, der Fall; 27 eintragen; 28 Das Kapitolium; 29 der Ruhm; 30 vermintern, verringern; 33 ter Leichnam; 34 sezen; betrauern; 27 das Beste; 38 der Dolch.

XVIII.

AN ORATION.

THE EARL OF ARUNDEL'S SPEECH,

2 PROPOSING AN AC

COMMODATION BETWEEN HENRY II. AND STEPHEN.

In the midst of a wide and open plain, Henry found Stephen encamped, and pitched his own tents within a quarter of a mile of him, preparing for battle with all the eagerness that the desire of empire and glory could excite in a brave and youthful heart, elate with success. Stephen also much wished to bring the contest between them to a speedy decision: but while he and Eustace were consulting with William of Ipres, in whose affection they most confided, and by whose private advice they took all their measures, the Earl of Arundel having assembled the English nobility and principal officers, spoke to this effect:

Ir is now above sixteen years, that, on a doubtful and disputed claim to the crown," the rage of civil war has almost continually infested 10 this kingdom. During this melancholy period " how much blood has been shed! What devastations and misery have been brought on the people! The laws 13 have lost their force, the crown its authority: licentiousness 16 and impunity " have shaken 1 all the foundations 19 of public 20 security.21 This great and noble nation has been delivered a prey 22 to the basest of foreigners,23 the abominable" scum 25 of Flanders, Brabant, and Bretagne; robbers rather 27 than soldiers, restrained by no laws, divine or human, tied to no country, subject to no prince, instruments of all tyranny, violence," and oppression. At the same time, our cruel neighbours, the Welsh and the Scotch, 33 calling themselves allies or auxiliaries 35 to the Empress, but in reality 36 enemies and destroyers " of England, have broken their bounds,38 ravaged 39 our borders, 40 and taken from us whole provinces, which we can never hope to recover; while, instead of employing our united 2 force13 against them, we continue thus madly, without any care of our public safety or national honour, to turn our swords 1 der Graf; 2 3 der Vergleich; vorschlagen; 5 zweifelhaft; bestritten; 7 die Krone; Anspruch; 8 die Wuth; 9 der Bürgerkrieg: 10 verheert; Zeitraum ; 12 die Verheerung; Geseß; 14 die Kraft; 15 die Autori17 die Straflosigkeit; 18 erschüttern;

13 das

tät; 16 die Ausschweifung, Zügellosigkeit;

19 die Grundfeste; 20 öffentlich; 21 die Sicherheit; 22 die Beute; 23 der Ausder Auswurf; abscheulich, scheußlich;

Länder;

28 zurückhalten; 29

27 Flandern; vielmehr; das Werkzeug; 31 die Gewaltthätigkeit; 32 die Unterdrückung; 33 der Schottländer; 34 der Verbündete ; 35 Hülfstruppen; 36 die Wirklichkeit; 37 der Zerstörer; 38 die Grenze; 39 verwüstete; 42 vereinigt; 43 Kraft, Stärke, Truppen;

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