Note 14 — Section 93. A CURIOUS INSTRUMENT. VI.
Reading edition
[1] Its — various = It serves for (zu) such (so) various purposes (Zweck, m.).
[2] which — specify = which I shall specify (anführen).
[3] It — useful = One has found it of great use.
[4] and — prints = and also in (bei) our modern printing it is indeed of great use.
[5] It — greatly = It helps us much.
[6] sich erwerben; all kinds of, allerlei.
[7] it = the same.
[8] ‘parts’ here Gebiete.
[9] Use the gen. of the def. art.
[10] matters = objects.
[11] It — however = I must however confess.
[12] Use the def. art.; proper = right; of it = of the same.
[13] no — sense = a wrong idea (Begriff, m.).
[14] und.
[15] uses = purposes (Zweck, m.).
[16] unvergleichlich, i.e. incomparable.
[17] Genuß, m., i.e. enjoyment.
[18] Say ‘Only to awaken in you a higher idea of its value than you probably (vermutlich) otherwise (sonst) would have had (Pluperfect Subj.), I give you this previous (vorläufig) description’.
[19] of — quality = very penetrative (scharfsichtig).
[20] Say ‘But (Doch) I must confess.
[21] that — prone = that it is just as much (eben so sehr) prone; prone = disposed, geneigt.
[22] them = the same, to agree with ‘secrets’.