Ahn's Fourth German Book: Being the Fourth Division of Ahn's Rudiments of the German Language

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E. Steiger, 1876 - 180 страници
 

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Страница 151 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.
Страница 124 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Страница 174 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Страница 146 - And, therefore, a wise man is never less alone than when he is alone : Nunquam minus solus, quam cum solus.
Страница 126 - No observation is more common and, at the same time, more true than that one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Страница 149 - All this old and new silver being melted down and coined, the result was an immense amount of splendid shillings, sixpences, and threepences.
Страница 120 - If Fortune, with a smiling face, Strew roses on our way, When shall we stoop to pick them up ?— To-day, my friend, to-day. But should she frown with face of care, And talk of coming sorrow, When shall we grieve, if grieve we must ?— To-morrow, friend, to-morrow.
Страница 138 - IT was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun, And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine. She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something large and round...
Страница 170 - Since this flag went down on that dark day, who shall tell the mighty woes that have made this land a spectacle to angels and men ? The soil has drunk blood, and is glutted. Millions mourn for millions slain; or, envying the dead, pray for oblivion. Towns and villages have been razed. Fruitful fields have turned back to wilderness. It came to pass, as the prophet said: The sun was turned to darkness, and the moon to blood.
Страница 113 - PRAY, Mr. Opie, may I ask what you mix your colors with ?" said a brisk dilettante student to the great painter. "With Brains, sir," was the gruff reply — and the right one. It did not give much of what we call information; it did not expound the principles and rules of...

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