Charitable, I can't tell, A great deal of trouble, liefdadig. N°. 55. Have patience, and be indulgent. Let us have at least gratitude for thefe benefits. Let us be joyful. Let them be cast down. Let them have beautiful flowers. Your brothers had learning, they were loved by every body. Are thefe factions not pernicious? Was that empire not of great duration? Is Tasio not the author of Jerufalem delivered? Are thofe liars not despifed by every one? Be faithful to your friend in this unfortunate event. Ceafar would have done more honour to humanity, if he had been less ambitious. Would the reign of that king not have been long and glorious? than a feducer? Is any thing more odious menschdom. n. minder. regering. f. Glorious, Odious, roemrijk. hatelijk. N°. 56. We would have no pleasure at all, if you were abfent. Your coufin has had the reckoning, and your fister the money. They have been unfuccesful in their undertakings, and that is the cause of my grief. Democrit fays: men would be happy, if they had not fo many wants. I am aftonished, tell me an other ftory. I have been fatigued, and you have: been indispofed. Is experience not the best adviser? Was Cicero not the most learned of all orators? Were the Romans not long invincible? Have the Greecians not been not been valiant? great not a famous general? Was Alexander the not the most respectable of all laws? Is a lie not unworthy of an honest man? that Saturn is the most diftant planet? No pleasure at all, Did you not know Abfent, verwonderd. Fatigued, vermoeid. Indispofed, ongefteld. Experience, ondervinding. f. Advifer, raadgever. m. Do nothing to day, that thou mayst repent of to morrow. You will not be efteemed, though you be rich. I will not reward him, unless he be diligent and obedient. I will not pay him, unless he have patience. We would not asfist them, though they were in a great danger. He will never become learned, unless he study methodically. They will never be .come rich, unless they be frugal and asfiduous. I fhall be attentive, that we might not be deceived. If she had married him, fhe would have had a good husband. Should we not have been rich? Would they not have been curious and discontent? Will he have been obftinate? ask too much. You waarvan gij berouw kunt hebben. alhoewel. beloonen. ten zij. To become learned, To ftudy, Methodically, Frugal. Asfiduous, Husband Obftinate, You ask, helpen. gevaar. n. geleerd worden. ftuderen, geregeld.] zuinig. naarftig. man. nieuwsgierig. ftijfhoofdig. gij vraagt. No. 58. Has your brother had money enough to pay his debts? Has your fister not been uneafy during that ftorm? Are the tyrants ever without fear? Had thefe gentlemen been on a voyage? Would these children have been merry? Had your fisters beautiful flowers, and nofegays? Had thefe girls had so much modefty? Had thefe fathers had fo much tenderness? Had you not entertained great hopes? Was this ftu dent not ambitions and proud? Had the pupils not been lazy and inattentive? Should your father be loved by his friends and acquaintances? Are you able to answer me? No, Sir, not at all, you have asked me too much. She has no vanity enough to believe all that. Has that man your protection? Has this been your defire ? Had they been truly your friends? Is geography a useful fcience? Had your brothers been happy in that fituation? Do not gather thofe apples, they are not yet good to eat. That country-houfe was to let but it is burnt down. Is that science not worthy of cultivation? Would you not be very glad to read and speak dutch? Is there any thing more glorious? I do you fervice, as long as it is in my power. Have you a mind to do what you have promifed me? Were they not all glad to hear it? Vanity, Defire, To gather, verwaandheid. f. bescherming. f. begeerte. f. waarlijk. toestand. m. . I doubt whether he have been at home. When you have been at church, you fhall come to me. I wish you may be happy in that new condition. Be fhort and concife in your description and explanation. Tuscany was once in Italy, what Athens has been in Greece. Was Xenocrates not the most rigid and fevere of all the philofophers? The whales are very numerous near Spitzberg, in the frozen ocean. 1s Britain not the most famous island in the world? Is the fun not the most striking emblem of divinity? What is more ridiculous than this quarrel? Was Tasfo not fuperior to Ariosto? Is the rainbow not formed from the fun-beams, reflected by drops of rain? Has there not been a great difference between these men? I doubt whether, At church, I wish, Condition, Short, Description, Tuscany, Rigid. Severe. Whale, Frozen Ocean, ik twijfel of. ftipt, Streng. zinnebeeld. n. |