Part 85

Since a relative clause follows immediately, it would be bad taste to render this clause, beginning with a Present Participle, in the same form. It will be best to commence a new period. Comp. N. 2.

+nach Nord und Süd.+

The second ‘anywhere’ is best turned by +nur hinweg+.

+dem allgemeinen Aufruhr preisgeben.+

And — near = And now we approach (+sich nähern+, with Dat.) the end (+Schluß+, m.) of our first tableau. The French ‘tableau’ is used with French pronunciation in the same sense in German. It is of the neuter gender and takes the inflection of an +s+ in the Gen. Sing.

masters of Paris = which rules in Paris; to rule, +beherrschen+ (v. tr.).

moveables = objects; atoms = pieces.

Insert the noun ‘men’.

+ein´nehmen+; Royalty = the Royal family; filled = occupied (+inne haben+, treated like a comp. sep. v.). The adverbial clause ‘at the breakfast table’ is best placed after the verb ‘takes’.

drinking themselves drunk = and drink themselves drunk (+sich betrinken+).

+wiederum andere.+

and defile (+besudeln+).

+diese geheiligte Stätte der Häuslichkeit.+

top = roof; of it = of the same.

+hin und her schwenken.+

=The preposition ‘by’ in connection with the passive voice and establishing a relation with the noun or pronoun that denotes the doer of the action expressed by the verb, is rendered by +von+.=

To avoid a succession of relative clauses, which should always be avoided, begin again a new period here and say: The shouts and shrieks of these men invite (+herbei´locken+), etc.

whom — but = who seem only to climb up (+erklettern+) the roof. The adv. ‘immediately’ comes after the conjunction ‘to’.

Section 107.

THE DRAMA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1848.

VII.

There is sentiment in all things. The apartments of the poor daughter-in-law are reached (S. 4, N. 4, +man+), but, strange to say, are respected in the midst of the work of general destruction. Her children’s toys are not even touched; the hat and (S. 10, N. 9) whip of her dead husband are still sacred; the books (S. 16, N. 10) she had been reading lie still open. It is an incident that cannot fail to elicit rounds of applause. And whilst anarchy and destruction prevail here, there is equal confusion and danger in the Chamber of Deputies. We have seen the mob forcing their way into (+zu+) that deliberative assembly. Everybody is now rushing to the tribune. Three speakers become marked from the rest; their names are Lamartine, Crémieux, and Ledru Rollin; they gain the popular ear, and undertake (S. 51, N. 13) to establish order—a superhuman responsibility! A Provisional Government is announced, named, and approved on the spot. “To (S. 72, N. 4) the Hôtel de Ville!” exclaims one. “To the Hôtel de Ville!” respond a hundred; and amidst yells and hootings, cries of “Vive la République!” “Vive Lamartine!” “A bas tout le monde!” Monsieur Lamartine sets out for that celebrated building, followed by a train made up of the dregs of a seething metropolis. In the middle of the shouting the curtain falls, and the first act terminates. Search the dramatic annals of the world for such another.—ESSAYS FROM “THE TIMES”.

+Es findet sich jedoch überall noch eine Spur von Gefühl.+

strange to say, +sonderbarerweise+.

are respected, +werden dieselben ... verschont+.

work — destruction, +allgemeines Zerstörungswerk+.

+bleiben+; not touched = untouched.

+verstorben.+