German composition

‘German Composition’ is intended to be a Theoretical and Practical Guide to the Art of Translating English Prose into good and idiomatic German. It is arranged in such a manner...

2. When two words are separated by a dash (—) in the Notes, they represent the first and last word of a whole clause in the English text, and the rendering refers to the clause...

When Diogenes, during the famous festival[2] at Olympia[3], saw[4] some young men of Rhodes arrayed[5] most magnificently, he (App. § 15) exclaimed smiling: “This is pride!” And...

[7] The two p. ps. qualifying ‘wrongs’ (+Unbilden+) should be placed before that noun, as explained in S. 7, N. 3, _A_; of, +von+; to inflict, +verüben+; to sustain, +erleiden+;...

The principal native[2] trees are the[3] oak, ash, elm, poplar, aspen, birch, larch, alder, hawthorn, hazel, and willow. The beech, maple, horse-chestnut[4], Spanish chestnut[5]...

But[9], as they rowed away fast from the sinking ship, the prince heard the voice of his sister Mary calling[10] for help. He (S. 5, N. 2) never in his life had been so good as[...

[18] Supply here the conj. +daß+. Read carefully § 36 of the App., and construe accordingly. Use the Pluperfect Subj. in both clauses, and observe that the verb +gehen+ always r...

Drums were beating[2], horns blowing[3], and[4] people were seen all running in one direction. The cause was a funeral dance. I joined[5] the crowd, and soon found myself in[6]...

On[1] another floor of the same building may[2] be found bundles of Pimento[3] sticks and Malacca[4] canes, a great store of mother-of-pearl, a heap of delicate[5], richly-tinte...

You[1] did not lose your idea of the dazzling, spiritual whiteness of the snow; yet you seemed to see it through a rosy veil, the sharp edges of the glaciers and the hollows bet...

Princes, peers[1], soldiers, and statesmen were all sneaking[2] in hiding places whilst the capital was[3] made over to the mercy of a few dozen incendiaries. The daughter-in-la...

I have nothing new to say upon the management which the body requires[2]. The common rules are the best:—exercise without fatigue; generous[3] living without excess; early risin...

The[2] interest I have been led to take in the Ragged School movement is an example of how, in Providence, a man’s destiny—his course of life, like that of a river—may be determ...

[9] +~Albert Bertel Thorwaldsen~, berühmter dänischer Bildhauer, wurde im Jahre 1770 auf der See zwischen Island und Kopenhagen geboren, war ein Schüler der Kunstakademie zu Kop...

[6] that they even (+auch+) through repeated failure (+Fehlschlagen+) or pertinacious (+hartnäckig+) opposition (+Widerstand+, m.), which would have discouraged (+entmutigt hätt...

I want 300 cloths[1], each four yards long, of[2] such quality as you trade with, which is very different from that we have; but[3] better than all would be ten or fifteen man-l...

It is (S. 2, N. 1) recorded in history that a beautiful maiden named Blanche, the serf of[2] an ancient nobleman, was wooed[3] by her master’s son. Not[4] admiring his character...

[25] The English word ‘character’ is so varied in its application that it requires always the greatest discrimination to decide upon its translation, and in this case more than...

Daily a gendarme visits[1] their lodgings, inspects[2] the premises when and how he pleases[3], and now[4] and then makes some mysterious entry in his note book. Should[5] any o...

[31] to fall back, +sich zurück´ziehen+. See App. §§ 28 and 22. The auxiliary in this clause is best omitted to avoid its repetition, the next sentence containing the same.

[3] +~Charles Dickens~, geboren den 7. Febr. 1812 zu Portsmouth, gestorben den 9. Juni 1870 auf seinem Landsitze bei London, begann seine schriftstellerische Thätigkeit unter de...

“They have—they have[17]!” exclaimed Rebecca—“and they press[18] the besieged hard upon the outer wall; some plant ladders[19], some swarm like bees (S. 3, N. 2) and endeavour t...

I watch[1] a flock[2] _of_ crows who, by some own correspondent of theirs, have learned that Farmer Blyth will hold a ploughing match on his grounds[3], and have in consequence...

Amongst a number of amusing anecdotes of Lord Beaconsfield is one of[25] the State banquet given at Berlin at the time of the Congress, when[26] he sat next to Prince Bismarck a...

[8] ‘to get one’s living’, here +sich seine Nahrung verschaffen+. Read S. 87, N. 6; among the shallows, +an den seichten Stellen+; to wade, +umher´waten+; and picking up = in or...

However costly the contents of these halls (S. 27, N. 7), they were only an introduction to those which followed. Each one exceeded the other in splendour and costliness. The wa...

Many of the tables had _bundles of_ rods with gilded bands, which were to be used that evening by the persons who represented St. Nicholas. In the family with whom we reside, on...

“Young men, ahoy, _there_!”—“What is it?”—“The rapids are below you!”—“Ha, ha! we will laugh and quaff; all things delight us. What care we for the future? No man ever saw it. ‘...

Once, many years ago, a bill of exchange for a large amount was drawn[1] by Anselm Rothschild, of Frankfort, on Nathan Rothschild, of London. When the gentleman who held it arri...

“Our horses we soon found, and we galloped to Ryder’s residence. Lights were produced, and we sat down. We were black, ragged, and dirty. We looked at each other, and, in spite...

§ 32. =The Subjunctive is employed in adverbial clauses of purpose and of manner=, when the subordinate clause generally begins with the conjunctions +~daß~+, +~auf daß~+, +~dam...

1. =With Nouns used as Prepositions, Conjunctions, Indefinite Numerals, and Adverbs=, as in: +angesichts+ (_in the face of_); +infolge+ (_in consequence of_); +behufs+ (_on beha...

THE GERMANS AT HOME; A Practical Introduction to German Conversation, with an _Appendix_, containing _the Essentials of German Grammar_, and a synopsis of the changes the German...

The Claims of the Study of Colonial History upon the attention of the University of Oxford. An inaugural lecture delivered on April 28, 1906, by H. E. EGERTON. 8vo, paper covers...