Section 10. ENGLAND UNDER THE RULE[1] OF[2] QUEEN VICTORIA.
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The peace, the freedom, the happiness[3], and the order which Victoria’s rule guarantees[4], are[5] part of my birthright as an Englishman, and I bless[6] God for my share[7]! Where else shall[8] I find such liberty[9] of action, thought, speech[10], or[11] laws which protect me so well[12]?—W. M. Thackeray.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · rule = reign.Note 2 · Use the gen. of the def. art. The definite article is used in German before names of persons when preceded by an adjective or a common name;Note 3 · happiness = well-being, Wohlfahrt, f. ‘Victoria’s rule’, say ‘the reign of Queen Victoria’.Note 4 · to guarantee, gewähren.Note 5 · are part = form a part.Note 6 · I bless = I thank.Note 7 · share = lot.Note 8 · shall = can.Note 9 · Freiheit des Handelns. Repeat the article before the two following nouns. In German the articles, possessive adjective pronouns, and other dNote 10 · Insert ‘and’ before ‘speech’, Rede, f., and place the verb finden immediately after that noun.Note 11 · Substitute the words ‘and where’ for the word ‘or’.Note 12 · [1] rule = reign. [2] Use the gen. of the def. art. The definite article is used in German before names of persons when preceded by an adjec