then, O Lacedæmonians, to unite with us in order to attack the common enemy [pl.]; do not force us to throw ourselves into their arms; but, placed at the head of the Greeks, show yourselves worthy of the courage which our forefathers ascribed to you."

1. [The] interest which leads so many men is unable to pervert a heart like his. 2. Every one of us has his duty to [a] fulfil: fulfil yours; I shall fulfil mine. 3. The newspapers await the judgment of the public in order to conform theirs to it. 4. Mr. N. is a friend of mine. 5. His opinion is conscientious, and we must respect it although it is neither yours nor mine. 6. The music of the ancient Greeks was very [fort] different from ours. 7. He is full of consideration [pl.] for me and my relations. 8. I have tried my forces, try thine. 9. Never was2 fear1 more justifiable than yours. 10. When I shall have explained to you my reasons, you must [il faudra bien que vous] give me yours. II. My letter and his have 12. Where is your father? Where

crossed each other. are your sisters? 13. As soon as I saw her I asked her 'Why are you so serious, my friend?" 14. Full of my

:

old [ancien] and blind confidence, I was far from suspecting the true motive of his journey.

one be content with his own!

15. May every

10. explain, to
II. cross each other,

to

14. suspect, to
15. be content, to

essaver

crainte, f.
juste
exposer

se croiser
soupçonner
se contenter

EXERCISE 38.

1. Charlemagne regulated his empire so well that he became the only master of his subjects. You have seen that he knew (how to) punish, but his magnanimity has certainly more than once excited your admiration ; as (a) prince he was great, as (a) man he was perhaps still more so [it]. He travelled continually through his immense empire, and his arms penetrated everywhere, in order to anticipate the misfortunes which threatened him. 2. The dangers which terrify ordinary persons, did not move him; nothing could shake his firmness, nothing [could] disturb his tranquillity, not even the conspiracies which were formed against him. 3. This remarkable prince was besides very temperate; his manners were simple, his disposition gentle; he liked to spend his time with the people [gens] of his court; he gave them his advice [pl.], and weighed theirs in the balance of justice and [of] reason.

5.

1. The moon is smaller than the sun; the latter gives light to the earth during the day, the former during the night. 2. The language of a dumb (man) is better than that of a liar. 3. The surest road is that of [the] uprightness. 4. Between the good and the wicked there. is this difference; the latter pride themselves upon their vices, the former are puffed up with their virtues. That is true in London as in Paris. 6. It is not the man whom I despise, it is his opinions, it is his errors. 7. This rustic roof, this small field, that is [voilà] all I possess. 8. Should he refuse to tell you what he is occupied with? 9. Do not always say what you think, but think always what you say. 10. Plato used-to-say of [the] man that he was an animal with [a] two legs, without feathers. 11. Do you believe that? 12. Tacitus used-to-say of [the] glory, that it was the last passion of the wise. 13. This is the original, that is the copy of it. 14. What torments him, is my projects. 15. To live 16. What you tell

content with little, is to be truly rich.

* See First Exercise Book, p. 171.

me there, is truly wonderful. 17. Those people speak of this and [of] that. 18. That is not what you have promised me. 19. Is that the conduct of a friend? 20. I have added to my letter that one written by your friend.

1. One of the greatest conquerors is that Alexander who put an end to the Persian empire. To attain this end, he had taken the wisest measures; he began the war as soon as he had completely subjugated the Greeks. 2. These, weakened and disunited, could not take advantage of his absence to regain that liberty, the loss of which they bore with so much impatience. [It was] the countries [pays] situated on the sea-shore [which] Alexander conquered first, and he led his army along the coast so as [= in order] not to be separated from his fleet. 3. What must be admired [active] the most in this war, is the skill which Alexander employed against the numerical superiority (of his enemies). At [dans] the beginning of his enterprise, that is to say at the time when a defeat would have [pouvait] annihilated

* sûr

secur-us, -a, -um

vain

(L.
O.Fr. seür

van-us, -a, -um

him, he risked little, but when fortune favoured him, he was bold even to temerity.

1. What great towns have you seen in your journey? 2. I have seen the capitals of Italy and Spain. 3. What men are the happiest? I think that contented men are the happiest. 4. What do you think of his answer? 5. What is the matter [or: what is going on]? 6. Who is the one [he] who comes [the] first of all? 7. You have several reasons to bring forward against what I tell you; what are they? 8. Whom [and: what] are you thinking of? 9. In whom will he have confidence? 10. Who am I and what am I? 11. What was his design? 12. For whom have they lit these torches? 13. What do you complain of [and: what have you to complain (about)]? 14. In what manner has your brother been wounded so dangerously? 15. Whom have you found? 16. What have you heard? 17. What is that used for? 18. I do not like the writings of that author? What you do not like the writings of my favourite

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