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... perhaps the only work of modern literature that might be offered to an ancient Greek ( if ever such a one could return to life ) without any further commentary and without embarrassment ; there being no other work in which the Greek ...
... perhaps the only work of modern literature that might be offered to an ancient Greek ( if ever such a one could return to life ) without any further commentary and without embarrassment ; there being no other work in which the Greek ...
Page 94
... perhaps , prefer sich am Gaffen freuen or gerne gaffen . ) The apothecary's observation is true of him- self , who is very backward in charity ( as we shall see by and by ) , but not of the clergyman , nor of others . But we generally ...
... perhaps , prefer sich am Gaffen freuen or gerne gaffen . ) The apothecary's observation is true of him- self , who is very backward in charity ( as we shall see by and by ) , but not of the clergyman , nor of others . But we generally ...
Page 98
... perhaps , more commonly Bütte than Butte , but either form is still in use . The genitive of quality , keines Gebrauches , strikes a German as a Latinism : res nullius usus , ' things of no use ' . In prose we should say , Sachen , die ...
... perhaps , more commonly Bütte than Butte , but either form is still in use . The genitive of quality , keines Gebrauches , strikes a German as a Latinism : res nullius usus , ' things of no use ' . In prose we should say , Sachen , die ...
Page 100
... perhaps to have overcome our repugnance to going and witnessing the sad spectacle in order to help in person rather than by deputy . In this way we should , no doubt , understand the words und schienen uns selber beruhigt , though a ...
... perhaps to have overcome our repugnance to going and witnessing the sad spectacle in order to help in person rather than by deputy . In this way we should , no doubt , understand the words und schienen uns selber beruhigt , though a ...
Page 109
... word is identical . 87. It is , perhaps , more usual to say. 86. um vieles ( πολλοῦ ) expresses the price or equivalent for which this egotistic bachelor would not consent to be father , and have a father's cares . 211 . 11.86 ] 109 NOTES .
... word is identical . 87. It is , perhaps , more usual to say. 86. um vieles ( πολλοῦ ) expresses the price or equivalent for which this egotistic bachelor would not consent to be father , and have a father's cares . 211 . 11.86 ] 109 NOTES .
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17 Paternoster Row according adverb alliteration amphimacer apothecary appears Cambridge character Cholevius clergyman cloth College common commonly Comp compound correct country course dactyl Demy Octavo denotes diminutive Dorothea Dorothea's doubt English Examination expresses expression father Fellow first French fürwahr generally genitive German girl given Goethe Goethe's good great Greek Hand Haus heart Hermann Hermann's herrlichen Herz Homeric house instance instead Isaac Barrow Jüngling kind language late less life line love Mädchen make Mann meaning means Menschen merely mother Mutter no doubt noun Observe passage Pekesche perhaps phrase place poem poet poetical prefer present properly prose prose we should read sagte same says second see Aue sense sentence sogleich Sohn spondee St John's College style take things thought time town Trinity College Tripos understand understood University University of Cambridge unsern unusual used usual Vater verb versekte Wagen weiß whole Wöchnerin wohl word work Worte years
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