Section 24. THE WINKING[1] EYELID.
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Section 24. THE WINKING[1] EYELID.
The[2] object of winking is a very important one. An outside[3] window soon (S. 5, N. 2) gets soiled[4] and dirty, and a careful shopkeeper[5] cleans his windows every morning. But our eye-windows must[6] never have so much as a speck or spot upon them; and the winking eyelid[7] is the busy apprentice who, not once a day, but[8] all the day, keeps the living glass[9] clean; so that, after all[10], we are little worse off than the fishes, who[11] bathe their eyes and wash their faces every moment.—Prof. G. Wilson.
Notes in this chapter
Note 2 · after all ... but, doch immer nur; a — thing, etwas Relatives.Note 1 · Das Öffnen und Schließen der Augenlider.Note 2 · ‘The — one’, say ‘The opening and closing of the eyelid (pl.) is of great importance.Note 3 · outside window = street window.Note 4 · [1] Das Öffnen und Schließen der Augenlider. [2] ‘The — one’, say ‘The opening and closing of the eyelid (pl.) is of great importance. [3] oNote 5 · Ladenhüter; supply the adv. ‘therefore’ after the verb ‘cleans’, and place the object last of all.Note 6 · ‘must — them’, say ‘must (dürfen) never suffer (erleiden) even (selbst) the smallest speck, the least dimness (Trübung).Note 7 · das sich öffnende und schließende Augenlid; ‘apprentice’, here Ladenbursche.Note 8 · but — day, nein, den ganzen Tag hindurch.Note 9 · Augenglas.Note 10 · genau betrachtet; the subject should be placed immediately after the conjunction ‘that’; little = not much; to be badly off, schlimm daran sNote 11 · who — moment, welche Augen und Gesicht jeden Augenblick baden und waschen.