7. We admire your daughter's dark-brown hair [plur.] 8. Those knights wore light-blue scarfs. 9. The feathers of this bird are gilded-green. 10. Nero had light-brown hair and dark-blue eyes. II. The elephant's bristles are thin sown. 12. He only wears brown overcoats. 13. The philosophers of antiquity were very frugal and very simple in their tastes, which did not prevent them from being learned. Often under a cold exterior [pl.], they hid an excellent heart,' gave friendly advice [pl.], and rendered impartial judgment1 [pl.], they renounced very often the bonds of marriage [= the matrimonial bonds], in order better to give themselves up to [the] study; they devoted themselves to continual meditations on the secrets of [the] nature and on the moral sentiments of [the] man. They have built up many [bien] ridiculous systems on the creation of the universe; but these childish dreams, these fantastic illusions contained the fruitful germs of the truths which their successors have discovered. I 13. taste goût, m. illusion which prevent learned germ fertile savant glacial le plus souvent bâtir germe, m.* fecond Comparison of Adjectives (S$ 190-193). EXERCISE 28. 1. Asia is the largest continent of the globe. 2. A king is often more unhappy than a simple citizen. 3. My friend is not richer than my brother. 4. Socrates was as brave as wise. 5. I [have] read yesterday one of Byron's finest poems. 6. The more* fertile a country is, the more rich it is. 7. The teachers praised the students who were the most diligent. 8. The less you are modest, the less you are happy. 9. I think that my native2 town' is the most beautiful in the whole country. 10. The English are an extremely 2 active3 people.1 II. The more you are [= will be] diligent, the more your parents will be content. 12. The slightest reproach often lies very heavily on the heart. 13. "My dear friend! The more letters3 I receive2 from you, the more does my wish to be2 near3 you4 increase. I am more unhappy than I ever was at home; here I do not find any companions, still less a friend, an thus I am always alone. The district which many [bien] people [hommes] think the finest in the country, is sad and tiresome in [a] my eyes; [the] men are here much less polite than in our native town. The only remedy for [ against] my grief [pl.] is your letters. I hope then that you will soon write (again) one of those good and pleasing letters to *The more...the more; the less...the less is plus...plus; moins...moins, followed immediately by the subject in French. Thus this sentence ought to be translated: Plus un pays est fertile, plus il est riche. 1. Your exercise is still worse than his, but his translation is worse written than yours. 2. You have a better pen; therefore you have written2 better than your brother. 3. [The] English is the easiest language of all; one learns it most easily in London. 4. Is my pen better than yours? 5. As mine does not write better than yours, I believe they are equally good. 6. He speaks too much; he ought to speak less. 7. I am well to-day, perfectly well, better than yesterday. 8. This paper is good, but that is better. your friend does better. son will be worse. II. latter will act worse. 9. You do well, but 10. The father is wicked, the The former acts badly, the 12. You have done a worse exercise than I. 13. The least obstacle will stop him. 14. The tongue is the best and the worst of [the] things. 15. A good and3 cheerful heart' is the best thing in the world. 16. A bad friend is worse than an enemy. 17. He is the worst of [all the] men. 18. My estate is less than my friend's; it is even less valuable 19. It is this thought that torments me than yours. The 1. In these districts of South America1 rise immense forests, almost as old as the ground they cover. dampness, with which [dont] they are penetrated, becomes the inexhaustible source of a verdure always fresher and more beautiful. 2. Everywhere in this country, but especially in the most remote districts, these forests are the lair of a great many animals, which, by the diversity of their forms and by the still more3 astonishing beauty of their colours, impart to these vast regions a more magnificent3 aspect1 than all those which are presented [reflect.] to us in our Europe; it is a scene as beautiful as varied. 3. It is there that [the] man can the most easily and [the] best observe the wild2 animals in their natural state; for it is there that they give themselves up the most freely to their instincts and [to] their passions. ag-ĕre lingu-am, f. Lat. repatriare 10. Fr. repairer PRONOUNS. Conjunctive Personal Pronouns (S$ 194-198, I. 199, a and b). EXERCISE 31. 7. I I have seen her, and I have given her a letter for you. 2. We saw them, and we told them that they were making too much noise. 3. Does the painter speak of his friends? 4. He does speak of them. 5. I went [pret. indf.] there. 6. Did you see [pret. indf.] them? sold them for two English horses; thus I have seen them. 8. Did you show [pret. indf.] him your watch? 9. I did not show [pret. indf.] him my watch, because I did not meet him. 10. I have not punished her, but I have pardoned her. 11. Will you answer them? 12. I have already answered them. 13. When I met him in the streets I promised [him] to recommend him to the minister. * 14. I pray you not to go there. 15. One accustoms oneself to the idea of [the] death by thinking of it often. 16. I rely on your promise; I shall always rely on it. 17. And the letter of your father? Did you think [pret. indf.] of it? 18. I shall answer it to-morrow; I have no time to answer him to-day. |