Note 1 — Section 198. FALSE PRIDE.
Reading edition
mit.
[2] = with.
[3] = Such a one will never get on (vorwärts kommen).
[4] solide.
[5] = this fault.
[6] from — Boston = from (aus) a small town in N. H. to Boston, and there entered the great (großartig) wholesale establishment (Warenlager) of Messrs. Lawrence—Abbot and Amos?
[7] I have just commenced business, ich habe mich soeben etabliert.
[8] to get a thing on credit, etwas auf Kredit entnehmen; as many more, noch einmal so viele.
[9] to trust a person, einem Vertrauen schenken.
[10] = experienced.
[11] by — know, einem Unbekannten gegenüber, to be placed after ‘should’ and the grammatical object ‘es’. To do the same oneself, es auch so machen.
[12] I may — days = that I shall gain (sich erwerben) one of these days (dermaleinst) your confidence.
[13] = were packed.
[14] = where they should be sent.
[15] = carry.
[16] von wo; to be a spectator of a scene, eine Scene mit an´sehen.
[17] Herr.
[18] to set one’s own time for payment, den Zahlungstermin selbst bestimmen.
[19] betrügen.
[20] = best.
[21] was — of = studied in.
[22] mit Wäsche.
[23] = ‘lodging’ here.
[24] I was met by a companion, ein Freund begegnete mir.
[25] Ei; his = the; with — embarrassment, etwas verlegen; you know, doch, to be placed after the verb; to carry = if one carries.
[26] = Nonsense!
[27] to be seen bearing = to bear.