21. Childhooda and old age appear to me equallyd venerable; the first, because it seems just to have come from the hands of God; the latter', because it is returning thither." m III. ON THE DECLENSION OF SUBSTANTIVES. 4. Docile dogs give pleasure to children. b с consists of four classes, citizens", and peasants.i с vorkommen. gleich. *ehr= h 21. a Kindheit. bold age Alter, n. würdig. say, that one jener, jene, jenes. s weil. scheinen. eben erst. i kommen. kvon. say, this one dieser, diese, dieses. fehren. dahin. D b m zurück 1. aalle. Mittel, n., and mark, Substantives masculine and neuter in el, en, er, have no termination in Nominative plural. a Bosheit. а recht. 3. Kranke, and observe, Substantives which originally are Adjectives, are declined like the definite article, if no article precedes. "be= dürfen with Gen. с © Ruhe, f. b 4. agelehrige. Hund, m., and mark, all Substantives masculine of one syllable have in Plural Nominative an e, and the vowel generally is modified; but in Hund the vowel does not change. ©Kind, n., and observe, 1) Substantives neuter of one syllable have in Nominative Plural an er, and a modification of the vowel; and 2) the Dative Plural ALWAYS has an n added to the Nominative Plural. с 5. a Glas, n, berfinden. Phönizier (cf. Note 1b). 6. a Reichstag, m. b Schweden. bestehen. daus with Dative. e Stand, m. (cf. Note 4 and © 2.) fAdel, m. « Geistlichkeit. ↳ Bürgerschaft. i Bauerschaft. 7. The noblenessa of the mind shows itselfe in wordsd and deeds.e 8. Admiral Horn died on the scaffold.c 9. The merchants in the city assemble on the exchange.e 10. The height of the Brocken in the Harz mountains amounts tod 3,500 feet.e 11. In the ocean too are found mountains and valleys.d 12. The nature of things" is changeable.b b 13. The laws of religion and of morals are the conditions of our spiritual existence. 14. The desire of knowledge strives not so much с d 7. a Adel, m. b Seele, f. sich aussprechen. a Wort, n., and mark, it has two forms in Plural, Worte and Wörter; the first means words connected, the second signifies words detached. That, f. с 8. a sterben. auf with Dat. Blutgerüst, n., tives masculine or neuter, not terminating in el, Singular Genitive an es, and in the Dative an e. b and mark, Substanen, er, or e, have in 9. ader Kaufmann (pl. Kaufleute); Substantives compounded with Mann, change this in plural in Leute. Stadt, f. sich versammeln. dauf with Dat. e Börse, f. a 10. Höhe, f. Brocken, m. mass of mountains is Gebirge, n. с c mountains as a coherent chain or d to amount to betragen. Fuß, m., and mark, Substantives implying measure and at the same time the things measured, have no plural. с d 11. a Weltmeer, n. b to be found fich finden. Berg, m. Thal, n 12. a Ding, n., and mark, if Ding means thing, the Plural has e; but if it implies small, indifferent or ridiculous things, it has er. änderlich. b ver= 13. a Gesez, n. bmorals, when meaning those good habits which are innate in human beings, is Sitten, but when implying the science с of ethics, is Sittenlehre, f. Bedingung. e d geistig. Dasein, n. b 14. a desire of knowledge Wißbegierde, f. streben. d after a mass of acquirements as rather to know thoroughly what is investigated. f е 15. Crows, jackdaws, magpies, and their liked, distinguish themselves from other birds by their croakings and chattering. h 16. Simplicity and stupidity sometimes get ond better than cunninge, just as cowardicef sometimes gains the victory overi audacity.j h 17. Newspapers give food to curiosity, learned reviews to polymathy, and life and a few books to the desire of knowledge. с 18. The roaringa of the lion announces the king of beasts.d 19. What a gradationa from the croaking of the up to the song of the nightingale1! ravenc с 20. The spots a well suit the tiger and panther, and the long sneaking form suits the martens. well. Menge, f. kenntniß, f., and mark, feminine Substantives in nig have in Nominative Plural an e against the rule. vielmehr. "gründlich. 8 erforschen. e b с 15. a Krähe, f. Dohle, f. © Elster, f. say, of their like (ihr Gleiches, Gen. ihres Gleichen); in the same way my like meines Gleichen. • sich unterscheiden. Vogel, m., wich is one of those Substantives in el, that modify the vowel in plural, Vögel. Gekrächz, n. h Geschwät, n. 16. a Einfalt, f. Dummheit. ©zuweilen. a fortkommen. Schlauheit. Feigheit. erhalten. Sieg, m. i über with Acc. b h с d e Kühnheit. 17. a Zeitung. Nahrung. Neugier, f. die gelehrten Jahrbücher. eBielwisserei. wenige. 18. a Gebrüll, n. b Löwe, m. ©ankündigen. aThier, n., which, belongs to 30 monosyllabic Neut. Substantives forming the Plur. in e. 20. a Flecken, m. wohl stehen with Dat. Tiger, m. aPanther, m. eschleichend. Gestalt, f. 8 Marder, m. f 21. What a difference between the cooing of the turtle-doved, the chirpinge of the sparrow', and the stupid cackling of the ducki! h 22. The faculties of the mind have many points of contact with one another.d 23. The senate and the people loaded Julius Cæsar with honours without measured and limit.e 24. How wonderfula is the instinct of birds with respect to the structure of their nestsf! d 25. In some nests hair, wool, and rushes, are dexterously interwoven; in some all the parts are firmlys fastened by a thread which the bird makes of hemp3, wool, hair, or more commonlyk of spiders' webs.' 26. Many birds, as a for instance the blackbird and the lapwing, after they have constructed their nest, plaster the insides with mortar which cements and binds the whole together; they then stickk upon it1 while quite wet, some wool or moss, to give it the necessary" degree of warmth.p e m 21. aVerschiedenheit. zwischen with Dat. Gezwitscher, n.. £Sperling, m. gdumm. 22. Fähigkeit. Seele, f. a b Berührungspunkt, m. amit einander. 23. a Senat, m. Þüberhäufen. «Ehrenbezeugung. aMaaß, n. ©Ziel, n. 24. a Wunderbar. Trieb, m. in Bezug. auf with Acc. Nest, n. d Bau, m. 25. Haar, n. (pl. Haare, which is here to be used. cf. 18). с i ein einander verflechten. £Theil, m. Faden, m. i Hanf, m. *gewöhnlich. 1Spinn 26. awie. bzum Beispiel (which is generally abbreviated in z. B.). © Amsel, f. a Kibiß, m. bauen. fübertünchen. & Innere, n. ↳ Mörtel, m. i verkitten. Ganze, n. * heften. 1darauf. m während (say, while it is). " gehörig. Grad, m. Wärme, f. n a 27. The nests of swallows are of a very different construction from those of other birds. с 28. They require neither wool, nor hay, nor cords"; they make a kind of mortar, with which they form a nest and a secure habitation for themselves and their family. 29. To moisten the dust of which they build their nest, they dip their breasts in water, and shake the drops from their wet feathers upon it." f с a d 30. But the nests most worthy of admiration are thoseb of certain Indiand birds, which suspende them with great art from the branches of trees, to secure them from h the depredations of various animals and insects. k e b 31. What is it that teaches the bird to place her nest in a situation sheltered from the rain, and secure against the attacks of other animals? a 32. Who has taught her to calculate the time with such accuracy, that she never commits a mistake in producing her eggs, before the nest is ready to receive them? 27. & Schwalbe, f. say, have a very. verschieden. e take the demonstrative pronoun der, die, das. а a Bildung. 28. a erfordern. Schnur, f. (pl. Schnüre). Art, f. bauen. sicher. Wohnung. to be expressed by the Dative. 29. a befeuchten. b Staub, m. etauchen. d take the Singular. eschütteln. Tropfen, m. esay, there upon. d 30. merkwürdigst. cf. Note 27o. ©gewiß. Indisch. ehängen. fan with Acc. Zweig, m. hvor with Dat. Plünderung. I verschieden. k Insect, n. (pl.-en). can, Acc. b Ort, m. 31. fehren which is construed with an infinitive without zu. feßen, which must stand at the end of the sentence. eschügen (say, which is sheltered). gegen, Acc. Regen, m. Ivor, Dat. Angriff, m. 32. berechnen. solch. Genauigkeit. begehen. Fchter, m. Legen, n. (say, in the laying of). (i, n. hehe. bereit. Jaufnehmen. |