Section 29. HONESTY.
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Mr.[1] Denham had been in business at Bristol, had failed[2], compounded, and gone[3] to America. There[4], by a close application to business as a merchant, he acquired a plentiful[5] fortune in a few years. Returned[6] to England, he invited his old creditors to an entertainment, at which he thanked them for the easy[7] terms (S. 16, N. 10) they had favoured[8] him with, and, though the guests had expected nothing but a good treat, every[9] man, at the first remove, found to his astonishment a cheque under his plate for[10] the full amount of the unpaid remainder, with interest.—Dr. B. Franklin.
Notes in this chapter
Note 10 · Supply the relative pronoun ‘which’, for: The relative pronoun can never be omitted in German; to spill, vergießen.Note 1 · ‘Mr. — Bristol’, translate ‘Mr. D. had had a business at (in) B.’, and place the object after the adverbial circumstance of place.Note 2 · to fail (in business) fallieren; to compound, accordieren. Verbs from the Latin with the termination ieren do not admit of the prefix or augNote 3 · Say ‘and was gone to America’. The verb gehen is always construed with sein, which auxiliary is especially used with Intransitive Verbs denoNote 4 · The words ‘he acquired’ (erlangen) should, in an inverted form (App. § 14), follow the adverb ‘There’; ‘by — merchant’, durch unablässige kaNote 5 · plentiful = great. For the position of the object see App. § 9.Note 6 · Nach England zurückgekehrt; entertainment = meal; at which, wobei.Note 7 · bequem; terms, Bedingungen.Note 8 · to favour a person with something, einem etwas gewähren (v. tr.); nothing but, nur; treat, Schmaus, m.Note 9 · every — plate, fand doch ein jeder nach dem ersten Gange zu seinem Erstaunen unter dem Teller einen Wechsel vor.Note 10 · for — interest = which was issued (ausstellen) for (auf) the full amount of the remaining (rückständig) debt with (nebst) interest.