Note 8 — Section 57. THE BEQUEST[1]. I.
Reading edition
[1] Das Vermächtnis.
[2] Engländer.
[3] Say ‘the one’.
[4] to fall into trouble, in Verlegenheit geraten.
[5] on the ground, damit.
[6] daß er das Leben kennen lerne. Comp. App. §§ 28 and 30.
[7] verdrießen. See S. 5, N. 2.
[8] sehr.
[9] to intercede in a person’s favour, zu gunsten einer Person sprechen. He interceded in my favour, er sprach zu meinen gunsten. Supply the adverb zwar (it is true) after the verb.
[10] Herr; to feel one’s end approaching, sein Ende heran´nahen fühlen.
[11] together, zu sich.
[12] ‘to leave’, here = to bequeath.
[13] Besitzung, f.
[14] The construction of the Infinitive with an Accusative, so frequently employed in English as an imitation of the Latin and Greek, is unknown in German. Such constructions must be rendered by a subordinate clause introduced by the conjunction daß; as—
I know him to be an industrious man. Ich weiß, daß er ein fleißiger Mann ist.
See also App. § 34, and say ‘and wish that he may be frugal (sparsam)’.
[15] This passage requires the following construction: ‘As (wie) it is usual (üblich) on (bei) such occasions, John (App. § 15) implored heaven in (mit) a sorrowful tone to prolong’, etc. The noun Himmel is always used with the article.
[16] Vermächtnis.