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+nehmen+; the appositional clause ‘the sole relater (+Überbringer+) of the dismal (+traurig+) tale (+Kunde+)’ must be placed immediately after the pronoun ‘him’, to which it belongs; and mark that: =The apposition must always agree in number, gender, and case with the noun or pronoun to which it belongs.=

to carry an intelligence to a person, +Einem eine Botschaft verkünden+. See App. § 5.

+man+; into his presence = to (+zu+) him, which place after ‘boy’.

=The Present Participle may be used adverbially, as in English, to denote manner or state.= Say ‘who told him kneeling and weeping bitterly, that’, etc.

was — board, +mit Mann und Maus gesunken sei+.

like — man = as if dead (+wie tot+), which place after ‘fell.’

Say ‘and never has one seen him smile again’.

Section 54.

BARLEY (S. 3, N. 2).

Barley is (S. 2, N. 1) now principally used to make malt for brewing beer and distilling spirits. It serves, however, as food in the form of pearl barley, used for thickening soups. It is also used as food for poultry. Barley meal is used for fattening pigs and turkeys. Barley straw furnishes us fodder for cattle and horses. Barley is chiefly produced in the northern regions of Europe, in Central Asia, and in North America. It is much hardier than wheat, resists both heat and drought better, and may therefore be raised from poorer soils. It is said to be the most ancient food of (S. 3, N. 2) man.—NELSON’S READERS.

+bereiten+, see S. 19, N. 7.

for — spirits, +zur Bierbrauerei und Branntweinbrennerei+, after which supply +daraus+.

+indessen+.

+Nahrungsmittel+, n.

Say ‘which one uses for thickening soups’, +zur Verdickung der Suppen+.

+benutzen+ and +gebrauchen+, which use alternately; as — poultry, +als Hühnerfutter+.

Say ‘With barley meal one fattens (+mästen+) pigs and turkeys (+türkische Hühner+)’.

+Vieh- und Pferdefutter+.

+gebaut+. Where must the p. p. be placed here?

+kräftig+.

‘to resist’ here = to bear, +vertragen+. Use the def. art. before the first noun.

Say ‘and can therefore be cultivated (+an´bauen+) upon poorer soil’. Supply the adverb +auch+ after ‘therefore’.

It is said to be, +sie soll ... sein+. =The verb +sollen+ is frequently used to express an assertion of another person, when it answers to the English ‘it is said’, ‘it is reported’, ‘they say’.=

Section 55.

THE SOLDIER AND HIS FLAG (+Fahne+).

On seeing a young Prussian soldier who was pressing his flag to his bosom in the agonies of death, Napoleon said to his officers: “Gentlemen, you see that a soldier has for his flag a sentiment almost approaching idolatry. Render funeral honours at once to this young man. I regret that I do not know his name, that I might write to his family. Do not take away his flag; its silken folds will be an honourable shroud for him.”—GENERAL BOURRIENNE.

When =the Present Participle= is used =in adverbial clauses of time=, it must generally, by the help of one of the conjunctions +als+ (when), +nachdem+ (after), +indem+ (while, whilst), and +während+ (while, whilst), be changed into a finite verb, i.e. one with a personal termination; thus—

Hearing his opponent speak in this way, his features assumed an expression of contempt.