a

38. Where there are high mountains, there large rivers are usually found.

b

39. The flying enemy often sets fire to a city that the pursuers may be detained.

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40. Since the Turks conquered Constantinople, civilisation has disappeared more and more in the East.h

41. Since the art of printing was invented, one can get at books for a much smaller sumb than formerly, when, in consequence of the great trouble which copying caused', books were excessively dear.

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42. When one ropeb is torn another will bed ready.e 43. When a once the historianb arises who understands how to demonstrated philosophically the influence ® which the propagation of some plants have had on the fate of nations and states; what place will the history of the sugar cane obtain in his work?

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39. a flüchtig. banzünden. damit. a Verfolger.

aufhalten.

Constantinopel. a Bildung. ©verschwin=

den. fimmer mehr. saus. b Morgenland, n.

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41. kommen zu.

© abschreiben. Llosten. süberaus.

bsay, much cheaper. da or wo. d Folge, f.

einnehmen.

* say, which influence. Verbreitung. seinzeln. Schicksal, n. i Raum, m.

Zuckerrohr, n.

XX. ON PUNCTUATION.

1. The hare is aware that the dog pursues him. 2. In order the better to find the game the huntsman takes the hound with him.

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3. Is that game which is the largest also the most dangerous?

4. The skina of the otterb which lives near rivers is much esteemed.d

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5. This is the boy who, when I asked him the name of the street, was so unkind as to refused to tell it to me. 6. He has always recommended us to be truthful"; however, I cannot say that we always tried to tell the whole truth.

d

7. Incredulous is heb who, in spite of sufficient rea

1. & Hase, m. b wissen, and mark, at the end of every sentence a comma is put in German; therefore, a comma must stand before that, daß. verfolgen.

2. a Wild, n. b Jagdhund, m.

3. a every relative sentence is included by commas in German; so that they must be placed before which, and after largest.

4. a Fell, n. Otter, f. can. d schäßen.

5. after boy must stand a comma, because who begins a relative sentence; as however when begins another inserted relative sentence, a comma must also stand after who. bfragen nach. cunkind finishes the relative sentence, headed by who, and must have a comma after it. a sich weigern, after which, as a shortened sentence, a comma must follow. 6. empfehlen, and put a comma after us. b die Wahrheit lieben, and mark, before adversative sentences, headed by aber, indessen, sondern, a semicolon is put in German. after however, which is followed in English by a comma, none is put in German. dcf. 1b. e sich be= streben. fvöllig.

7. aungläubig. b before who stands a comma; and mark, adverbial expressions, such as in spite of sufficient reasons, are not included in commas. trop. a hinreichend.

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sons, stille does not believe; credulousf he who is inclined to believe without sufficient reasons; superstitious h he, who believes things which can not possibly be true.

8. He to whom the world does not immediately reveala in what a relation it stands to him, who is not told by his own heart what he owes to himself and others, will hardly learn it from books which, indeed', are only fit to give names to our errors.k

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h

9. As our energies are daily exhausted by worke and bodily exercised; and, as food alone is not sufficient to replace them, rest' must accomplish what food leaves half done.1

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h

10. It is sweet to take revengea but it is far sweeter to pardon.

11. I confess I should have liked to travel with them; however, business comes before pleasure.

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dennoch, fleichtgläubig. sgeneigt. habergläubig. unmöglich, and mark, when co-ordinate sentences form a period, they are divided by a semicolon; therefore, one must stand here before credulous, and another before superstitious.

b

8. a offenbaren. Verhältniß, n. put a semicolon.

h

k

schuldig sein.

e here must stand a colon, which announces the beginning of the chief sentence in German. schwerlich. saus. put a comma before which, but none before and after indeed. 1eigentlich. Í geschickt. Irrthum, m. 9. a Kraft, f. b erschöpfen. Arbeit, f. a Bewegung, and here must stand a semicolon. überdieß. Nahrung. zureichen to be sufficient. herseßen, and after then must stand the colon, because rest begins the chief sentence. Ruhe, f. vollenden. *lassen. 1unvollkommen.

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10. a sich rächen, and before but must the semicolon be placed. bei weitem. verzeihen.

11. a indessen, before which must stand the semicolon, but no comma must follow. Geschäft, n. (pl.-e), take the pl. gehen vor.

b

12. In parting he said, farewell, write often, and believe that I shall often and often think of you. 13. The proverb says", the apple does not fall fare from the tree.

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14. The most important a domestic animals are the dog, the cat, the horse, the goat, etc.d

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k

b

15. As the conduct of the minister towards him did not change in proportion to the rapid progress which he made in the favour of the prince", on the contrary often visibly enough seemed arranged1 for the purpose of humbling" his rising pride by a holesome remembrance of his origin, this" forced and contradictory situation became to him at last so troublesome, that he formed a serious plana. to finish" it at once by the ruin of his rival.

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12. ascheiden, introduced by indem. blebewehl, before which must stand a colon, which is always used when the following words of another speaker are directly quoted. can.

13. a Sprichwort, n. bcf. 12 b. cweit.

b

this means in German, und

14. awichtig. Haußthier, n. (pl.—c). chere must stand a colon, which is put before things enumerated. so weiter, or, abbreviated, u. s. w.

sich ändern. im Verhältniß Gunst, f. hmark, the different Period are divided by semico

15. a Benehmen, n. b gegen, Acc. zu. rasch. Fortschritt, m., take pl. parts of the Subordinate Clause of a lons. Therefore, before on the im stands a semicolon. Gegentheil, n. k sichtbar. eingerichtet.

demüthigen.

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n

m darauf.
Stolz, m.

say, to humble, niederschlagen, 9 heilsam. Rückerinnerung.

q

an, Acc. llrsprung, m. "mark, when the subordinate part of a Period contains two or more or more clauses, they are divided from the chief part following by a colon. Therefore, you must put a colon before the chief part, beginning with this. gezwungen. widerspre= chend. Stellung, Zustand, m. ventwerfen. Zernstlich. a Plan, m. Þein Ende machen, with Dat. cauf einmal. Sturz, m. Nebenbuhler, m.