Section 62. TENDER, TRUSTY, AND TRUE. II.
Reading edition
But you[1] know, ministers[2] have to find out all about such men as David; and I have found out enough to[3] make me feel sure he was once a little boy, just like one of you; that he had[4] to learn verses, like you; and didn’t like (S. 20, N. 2, A) it, like you; and that he did not like to go to bed early, or to get up early, like you.
I rather[5] fear that, in the summer, he[6] ate green apples, unripe melons, hard peaches, and sour plums, as[7] you do; and[8] got sick, and was very sorry, and had to take[9] medicine, as you do; that he said he would (App. § 28) never do it again, and that he[10] then never did do it again, as[11] I hope you will neither.
Notes in this chapter
Note 2 · A. The verbs ‘to be fond of’ and ‘to like’ are often rendered by the auxiliary verb of mood ‘mögen’, either with or without the adverb ‘gernNote 1 · Use the 2nd pers. pl., and after the verb supply the adverb ‘ja’, which will be equivalent to the English ‘I am sure’.Note 2 · die Pfarrer, before which supply the conj. daß. Have to = must; to find out, aus´findig machen; all — David = all (S. 3, N. 7) that relates Note 3 · Say ‘to (S. 19, N. 7) be convinced, that’, etc. Just — you, wie ihr.Note 4 · The auxiliaries ‘to have’ and ‘to be’ followed by the infinitive of another verb, must generally be rendered by the auxiliary verb of mood ‘Note 5 · fast, adv.; see S. 5, N. 2.Note 6 · The subject ‘he’ must immediately follow the conj. ‘that’.Note 7 · as you do, wie ihr.Note 8 · that he became (werden) ill; ‘and — sorry’, say ‘felt (empfinden) bitter repentance’.Note 9 · ‘to take’, here ein´nehmen.Note 10 · Here follows the pron. ‘it’.Note 11 · wie ihr es hoffentlich auch nicht wieder thun werdet.