Note 22 — Section 101. THE DRAMA OF THE FRENCH[1] REVOLUTION OF 1848. I.
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‘to look sad’, here trübe einher´blicken, which use likewise in the Imperfect.—The German Imperfect is chiefly used as a historical tense and to express a past action or occurrence with reference to another. It is, however, likewise used to denote the continuance of an action, to describe a certain state, and to express customary and habitual action. Comp. S. 48, N. 2, for the use of the Perfect.