Note 5 — Section 124. DR. GUTHRIE ON RAGGED SCHOOLS. II.
Reading edition
benevolence — cobbler = shone forth (erglänzen) a pair of benevolent eyes with which he looked (blicken) upon a number (Anzahl, f.) of poor, ragged (zerlumpt) boys and girls who learned their lessons (Aufgabe, f.) and stood around the busy (= industrious) cobbler. To stand around a person, um einen herum´stehen.