The horse was soon missed and the page interrogated; but he obstinately refused to give any account? of him. The emperor, being informed of the circumstance, ordered Athanasius to be brought before him, and insisted on knowing what he had done with the horse. The youth immediately fell on his 10 knees, and bursting into tears confessed the whole, saying, "I hope" your majesty will pardon me 12, for, if my father has forgotten his duty to his king, he is nevertheless my father, and nothing could excuse me if I were 13 to forget my duty towards him."

7) Rechenschaft darüber zu geben. 8) ordered A. to be br. b. him = ließ A. vor sich bringen. 9) bestand darauf zu erfahren. 10) acc. 11) Add: that, daß. 12) dat. 13) if I were to, wenn ich geffen würde or sollte.

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Delicacy of Alphonso, King of Aragon. Alphonso, king of Aragon, went one day, to a jeweller's to purchase some diamonds for presents to a foreign prince. He was accompanied by several courtiers, and the jeweller spread his finest diamonds and other precious stones before them without hesitation. The prince, after making his purchases, retired; but he had scarcely left the house when the jeweller came after him, and requested he would do him the honour to return [for] a moment, as he had something important to say to him. The prince and his courtiers re-entered, and the jeweller 2 then i said that a diamond of great value had been taken by [some] one of his attendants.

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Alphonso looked sternly at those who accompanied him, saying, "Whichsoever of you has stolen the diamond, he deserves the most severe punishment; but the publication of his name might perhaps tarnish the reputation of an honourable family; I will spare them that disgrace." He 2 then desired the jeweller to bring a large pot' full of bran. When it was brought, he ordered every one of the attendants to plunge his right hand closed into the pot, and to draw it out quite open.

1) als. 2) für. 3) Einkäufe. 4) erweisen. 5) könnte. 6) ihnen ersparen. 7) einen großen mit Kleie gefüllten Topf.

It was done; and, the bran beings sifted, the diamond was found. The prince then addressed them, saying: Gentlemen, I will not suspect any one among you; I will forget the affair: the culpable [person] cannot escape the torment of his guilty conscience.

8) als man die Kleie siebte. 9) Use the dative with the verb entrinnen or entgehen (see Gram. Less. 48, II).

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Walter Scott at school.1

It appears that when this celebrated author was at school, though very laborious, his intellect was not brilliant, and that his great success in after - life was owing to his indefatigable perseverance.

The following anecdote is found in his autobiography lately published.

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"There was," says Walter Scott, "a boy in my class who stood always at the top, and I could not, with all my efforts, supplant' him. Day came after day, and still he kept his place: at length I observed that, when a question was asked him, he always ifumbled with his fingers at a particular button on the lower part of his waistcoat while seeking an answer. I thought therefore if I could remove the button slily, the surprise at not finding11 it might derange1 his ideas at the next interrogation of the class, and give me a chance of taking him down.' The button was therefore removed without his perceiving 13 it. Great was my anxiety to know the success of my measure, and it succeeded but too well.

"The hour of interrogation arrived, and the boy was questioned: he sought, as 14 usual, with his fingers, [for] the friendly button, but he could not find it. Disconcerted 15 he looked down,15 the talisman was gone, his ideas became confused, he could not reply. I seized

1) in der Schule. 2) im spätern Leben. 3) er. . verdankte (dative). 4) findet sich. 5) Selbstbiographie. 6) who stood at the top, der oben saß. 7) hinunter bringen. 8) wann er gefragt wurde. 9) an. 10) daß wenn 11) ihn nicht zu finden. 12) verwirren. 13) ohue daß er... (Gram. L. 45, § 7). 14) wie. 15) verlegen or außer Fassung gebracht, blickte er herunter.

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the opportunity, answered 16 the question, and took his place, which he never recovered, nor do I believe he ever suspected the author of the trick.

"I have often met [with] him since we entered the world, and never without 18 feeling my conscience reproach me. Frequently have I resolved to make him. some amends 19 by rendering 20 him a service; but an opportunity did not present itself, and I fear 21 I did not seek one with as much ardour as I sought to supplant him at school."

Lockhart.

16) beantwortete. 17) Translate: and I do not bel. that. 18) ohne zu fühlen, daß. 19) es ihm zu vergelten. 20) dadurch, daß ich ihm . leistete. 21) Add: that.

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Diamond cut Diamond.1

A gentleman of Oliver Cromwell's domestic establishment had conceived a great affection for the Protector's youngest daughter; the young lady did not discourage him, and at length he proposed a secret marriage, as there was no hope of obtaining her father's consent. A person, having discovered the secret, communicated it to Cromwell, who gave him orders to watch, and to let him know the next time the gentleman and his daughter should be together. This happened on the following day, and Cromwell, being informed of it, entered suddenly his daughter's room, where he found the gentleman on his knees before her.

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The Protector in a fury demanded an explanation of his conduct, and the other with great presence of mind replied: May' it please your highness, I have a great affection for your daughter's chamber-maid; but she refuses 10 to give me her hand; so, thinking this young lady had great influence over her, I was soliciting that she would intercede for me.

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he said to her: "Why do you refuse the honour of marrying Mr. White? he is my friend, and I insist11 that you give your consent." The young woman, who had no objection, blushed deeply, and Cromwell said: Ah! I see how it is, a little coquetry; go call me the chaplain. The chaplain came, and Oliver ordered him immediately to marry 13 Mr. White and the chamber-maid. Mr. W. was obliged to submit 10 or to expose himself to the vengeance of Cromwell, who, however, to render the bride more attractive, gave her a portion of five hundred pounds.

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Humanity of Louis XIV.

During the reign of Louis the Fourteenth an Italian chemist named Poli came to Paris, and having obtained an audience of the king, informed him that he had discovered a composition ten times more destructive than gunpowder. Louis was fond of chemistry, and ordered the Italian to prepare the composition, and to make the necessary experiments on a certain day in his presence.

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It was done, and every thing succeeded according to the wishes of Poli, who then observed to the king that it would give him a great superiority over his enemies. It is true, said Louis, and your invention is very ingenious; but mankind' already possess sufficient means of destroying each other; you shall be handsomely rewarded for your trouble and ingenuity, but I charge' you, for the honour of human nature, never to divulge your secret.

1) Put the Genitive case (Gram. L. 11, § 10 & 11). 2) bei. 3) war ein Freund von der. 4) an. 5) das Menschengeschlecht besißt schon. 6) Infinitive with zu (Gram. L. 44, § 5). — 7) ich verpflichte Sie.

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The cunning cutler.

There is at London, in a place called Charing-cross, a very fine statue in bronze of Charles the First on

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horseback. After the revolution and the decapitation of that monarch, the statue was taken down and sold to a cutler, who undertook to demolish it. He 2immediately manufactured great numbers of knives and forks with bronze handles, and exposed them in his shop as the produce of the statue which was supposed to have been melted. They were so rapidly bought, both* by the friends and the enemies of the late monarch, that the cutler soon made a fortune, and retired from business."

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Soon after the restoration [it] was proposed to erect a new statue to the memory of the unfortunate king: the cutler, hearing of this, informed the government that he could spare them the trouble and expense of casting a statue, as the old one was yet in his possession, and that he would sell it to them at a moderate price. The bargain was concluded, and the statue, which he had secretly preserved, was re-elevated on the pedestal at Charing-cross, where it now stands.

2) als das Erzeugniß von der Bildsäule. 3) von der man glaubte, daß sie... 4) both ... and, sowohl... als. 5) Translate: his fortune. 6) reflect. verb. 7) Put the plural. 8) an, acc. 9) Plural: die Kosten.

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Abstraction, or absence of mind.

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Among the many curious examples of abstraction 1 of mind, we have the following laughable [one] of the celebrated English philosopher Newton.

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Being one morning deeply engaged in the study of some difficult problem, he would not leave it to go and breakfast with the family. His housekeeper, however, fearing that long fastings might make him ill, sent one of the servants into his closet, with an egg, and a saucepan of water. The servant was told to boil the egg, and stay while her master ate it; but Newton, wishing to be alone, sent her away, saying' he would cook it himself. The servant, after placing it by the 1) Abstraction of mind = Zerstreutheit. 2) von. 3) engaged in, beschäftigt mit. 4) um zu (Gram. L. 44, § 10). 5) das Fasten, put the article. 6) Der Magd wurde gesagt. 7) indem er sagte.

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