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My dear Mother, - If you will sit down and calmly listen to what I say, you shall be fully resolved in every one of those many questions you have asked me. I went to Cork, and converted my horse, which you prize" so highly, into cash', took my passage in a ship bound1 2 for America, and, at the same time, paid the captain for my freight13, and all (the) other expenses of my voyage; but it so happened, that the wind did not answer16 for three weeks; and you know (insert ja), mother, that I could not command 17 the elements. 18 My misfortune was (say, would it), that, when the wind served1o, I happened to be with a party in the country, and my friend, the captain, never21 enquired 22 after me, but set sail23 24 much 25 indifference 26 as if I had been on

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1an. 2sich niedersehen. 3hören auf. 4vollständige Antworten er= halten, lit., get complete answers. 5auf. Frage. say, you have addressed to me richten an. machen. oschäßen. 1ozu Geld. 11 Plag, m. 12bestimmt sein to be bound. 13 Fracht, f. 14Unkosten only used in plural. 15 ich treffen. 16 uns entgegen sein. 17 gebieten, with Dat. 18 Elemente. 19günstig werden. 20 express by an Adverb, gerade. 21 durchaus nicht. 22 Nachfrage thun, and say, no enquiry at all durchaus keine Nachfrage. 23 unter Segel gehen. 24eben so. 25groß. 26 Gleich

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THE time was now arrived for Goldsmith to apply for3 orders, and he presented himself accordingly before the Bishop of Elfin for ordination. We have stated' his objection to clerical11 life, the obligation to wear a black coat; and whimsical as it may appear, dress11 seems, in fact, to have formed an obstacle to his entrance into the church. He had ever a passion for clothing his sturdy but awkward22 little person in gay 23 colours; and on this solemn occasion, when it was to be supposed his garb 27 would be of suitable28 gravity, he appeared luminously 30 arrayed in scarlet 32 breeches. 33 He was rejected by the bishop; some say for 3 want 35 of36 sufficient studious 37 preparation 3 8, his rambles and frolics 40 having been

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to obtain the same. 9 erwähnen. 12Verpflichtung; say, namely nämlich before the. 13seltfam. 14 Anzug, with the Definite Article. 15in der That. 16bilden. 47Hinderniß, n., gegen. 18 Eintritt. 19 Leidenschaft. 2odafür, and express clothing with the Infinitive and zu. 21stämmig. 22schwerfällig. 23 lebhaft. 24 bei. 25 feierlich. 26say, when one ought to suppose vermuthen. 27 Gewand, n. 28 gehörig. 29 Würde, f. 30glänzend. 31schmücken. 32fcharlachen. 33 Beinkleid, n. (pl.—er). 34wegen. 35Mangel, m. 36an. 37gelehrt. 38 Vorbereitung. 40 39 Wanderung. 49 lustiger Streich frolic. 41 stehen. 42 put the dat. 43 theologisch. 44 zu'schreiben.

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in a ship bound' 2 for America, and, at the same time, paid the captain for my freight, and all (the) other expenses of my voyage; but it so happened, that the wind did not answer for three weeks; and you know (insert ja), mother, that I could not command the elements. 18 My misfortune was (say, would it), that, when the wind served1o, I happened to be with a party in the country, and my friend, the captain, never21 enquired 22 after me, but set sail23 with as 24 much 25 indifference 26 as if I had been on

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board.27 The remainder 8 of my time I employed 29 in the city and its environs 3o, viewing 31 everything curious 3 2, and you know no one can starve3 3 when he has money in his pocket. Reduced 34, however, to3 my last two guineas, I began to think of 36 my dear mother and friends whom I had left behind me; and so bought that generous 37 beast, Fiddle-back 38, and bade adieu to Cork with only five shillings in my pocket. This, to be sure 3o, was but a scanty allowance for man and horse towards 42 a journey of above 3 a hundred miles; but I did not despair, for I knew I must find friends on (an) the road. I recollected, particularly 46, an old and faithful acquaintance I made at college, and who had often and earnestly pressed 50 me to spend a summer with him, and he lived but eight miles from Cork. The circumstance of vicinity52 he would 3 expatiate to me with peculiar 5 emphasis. 56 "We shall," says he, "enjoy the delights 57 of both city and country, and you shall command 5 8 my stable and my purse." However, upon the way I met a poor woman all in tears, who told me her husband 62 had been arrested 3 for a debt he was not able to pay, and that his eight children must now starve, bereaved 5 as they were of his industry, which had been their only support.67

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I thought myself 68 at home, being not far from my friend's house, and therefore parted with a moiety of all72 my store73; and pray, Mother, ought I not to have given her the other half-crown, for what she got would be of little 75 use 76 to her? However, I soon arrived at the mansion of my affectionate friend, guarded by the vigilance of a huge mastiffs", who flew at 82 me, and would have torn8 3 me to pieces but for 8 4 the assistance of a woman, whose countenance was not less grim than that of the dog; yet she, with great humanity 8 6, relieved 8 7 me from the jaws 8 of this Cerberus, and was prevailed on 89 to carry up90 my name to her master. Without suffering me to wait long, my old friend, who was then recovering from a severe 3 fit of sickness" came down in his night-cap95, night-gowno 6, and slippers97, and embraced 9 8 me with the most cordial 99 welcome 100, showed 101 me in, and, after giving me a history of his indisposition 1 o 2 assured me that he considered himself peculiarly fortunate in having under his roof the man he most loved on earth, and whose stay 10 with him must, above 105 all things, contribute106 to his perfect 1

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