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to call a person’s attention to a thing, +einen auf etwas aufmerksam machen+. Begin with the adv. ‘now’, and supply the personal object ‘+Sie+’.

in a = with; of = in.

= which I beg you all to look at (+betrachten+, v. tr.).

it — art = we may (+dürfen+) consider (+an´sehen+) it the climax and consummation (+als die höchste Stufe der Vollendung+) of (= in) this art.

Say ‘As you see, this volume (here +Einband+) is stamped with the arms’, etc.

bound — reader = the binding of which must commend (App. § 18) itself at once (+sich von selbst+) to the reader.

Here insert ‘it is’; sense = respect, +Beziehung+, f.; piece of workmanship = ‘work of art’, which render by forming a comp. n. according to S. 36, N. 7, A.

=’One’ or ‘a’ before ‘hundred’ and ‘thousand’ is, as a rule, not translated in German.=

Say ‘But (which place after the copula ‘will’) you will perhaps say’.

+etwas ganz Gewöhnliches, wozu es uns noch zeigen?+

=The English ‘so’ in connection with a transitive verb is generally to be rendered by ‘+es+’. If we want to emphasize the object, however, we use either of the demonstrative pronouns ‘+das+’ or ‘+dies+’, and place it at the head of the clause=; as—Do you think so? +Glauben Sie ~es~?+ No, I do not, +Nein, ~das~ glaube ich nicht+.

+sagen+ or +mit´teilen+.

Say ‘it was neither bound, nor ... nor ...’

Render ‘at the’ by the gen. of the def. art.; and place the clause ‘at — Oxford’ after ‘clock’. Last night, +vergangene Nacht+.

‘=Copy=’ in the signification of ‘specimen’ is rendered by +=Exemplar=+, n.; pl. +e+ (= +e+); +=Kopie=+, f., is the written copy of any book, document or MS.

Say ‘in order to distribute them here during this festival’.

and — arrived = and it shows the high degree (+Stufe+, f.) of (+der+) perfection which this great art has reached now-a-days (+heutzutage+) (App. § 17).

If — printing = If I began with the humiliating confession that we in respect to (+auf+) our contribution to the (+zur+) early (+früheren+) history of the art of printing can claim (+beanspruchen dürfen+, which comes last) only a small (+gering+) share.

may = can; leave off = conclude; spirit = mood, +Stimmung+, f.; performance, +Leistung+, f.

is — world, +überall in der Welt mit Ehren anerkannt werden wird+.

‘=To ask=’ in the signification of ‘asking a question’ is rendered by +=fragen=+ or +=eine Frage stellen=+, but in that of ‘=to request=’ by +=bitten=+.

to — name = to empty your glasses with me to the (+zum+) memory (+Andenken+) of (+an+) this most (+höchst+) distinguished name; (‘your glasses to empty’ must be placed at the end.)

+Zum Gedächtnis.+

Use the Anglo-Saxon genitive here.

native = son.

country = fatherland.

Section 133.

ROBERT DICK, THE BAKER, GEOLOGIST, AND BOTANIST.