Part 17

‘leaning — musket’. This passage must be changed into a relative clause, thus: ‘who leant (+sich stützen+) pensively (+gedankenvoll+) upon the butt-end (+Kolben+, m.) of his musket’, for: =Sentences containing a Present Participle which qualifies a preceding noun or pronoun, are generally turned into relative clauses=; as—

The teacher, noticing the boy’s talent, applied to the prince on his behalf.

+Der Lehrer, ~welcher~ das Talent des Knaben ~bemerkte~, verwendete sich für ihn bei dem Fürsten.+

to accost, +anreden+; thus, +folgendermaßen+.

here ‘+nachdenkend+’ in order to avoid the repetition of the same word.

so ... a, +ein ... so+.

Make the word ‘glorious’ emphatic by placing it at the head of the clause, and see App. § 14. Insert the adverb ‘+wohl+’ between the subject and the verb ‘be’, which will render the sentence more idiomatic.

but — thinking, +aber ich bedenke+.

Supply the relative pronoun ‘which’, for: =The relative pronoun can never be omitted in German=; to spill, +vergießen+.

this day = to-day.

This work has only earned me a shilling, +diese Arbeit hat mir nur einen Schilling eingebracht+.

Section 17.

THE WORLD IS A LOOKING-GLASS.

We may be pretty certain that persons whom all the world treat ill, deserve entirely the treatment they get. The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion.—W. M. THACKERAY.

We — certain. +Wir können uns ziemlich sicher darauf verlassen.+

persons — ill = those who have to suffer from everybody.

+vollkommen.+

they get, +welche ihnen zuteil wird+.

to give back the reflection = to reflect, +zurück´werfen+; every man, +jeder+; face = image.

to frown at a person, here ‘+einen mürrisch an´blicken+’; use the second pers. sing.

and — you, +und sie wird auch auf dich verdrießlich hernie´derschauen+.

‘Laugh at it’ seems to be used here in the sense of: ‘Smile at it’. Say: ‘Smile at it, laugh with it’, etc. ‘To smile at a person’, here ‘+einen freundlich an´blicken+’.

‘and — is’, say: ‘and it will be for thee (+dir+)’.

+Gefährtin.+

Section 18.

GIVE THE HONOUR TO GOD ALONE.

A lady applied to the worthy philanthropist Richard Reynolds on behalf of a little orphan boy. After he had (App. § 17) given liberally, she said: “When he is old enough, I (App. § 15) will teach him to thank his benefactor.” “Stop,” said the good man, “thou art mistaken. We do not thank the clouds for rain (S. 3, N. 2). Teach him to look higher, and thank Him who giveth both the clouds and the rain.”—REV. R. K. ARVINE.

Say ‘Give God alone the honour’.