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knomn’  and  the  similar  words  in  hoffentlich  (vermutlich,
mutmaßlich)  wird  er  morgen  kommen  it  is  to  be  hoped
(to  be  supposed)  that  he  will  come  to-morrow;  zweifellos
doubtless  and  zufällig  by  chance  are  used  in  the  same  way.
unterthänigst:  an  absolute  superl.  adverb,  most  submissively’;
  such  are  gehorsamst  most  obediently';  hochachtungsvollst
  with  the  highest  esteem';  freundlichst
very  kindly  and  many  ethers.
wie  man  ihn  sich  nur  wünschen  kann,  lit.  as  one  can
but  wish  him  to  one’s  self':  as  can  be  desired’';  ef.  wie  man
sich  nur  denken  kann  imaginable.“
selbst  (lweren')  .  gab  sich  ..  zu  erkennen,  was  displaxed’
  (war  zu  erkennen).  This  is  an  idiomatic  use  of
the  act.  inf.  where  the  pass.  is  required  in  English.  Cf.
p.  42  1.  74  der  Kaiser  mußte  sich  zufrieden  geben.  And
the  sentence  dieser  Satz  ist  zu  beweisen  #this  proposition  is
to  be  proved.“  From  this  use  of  the  infinitive  is  derived
the  German  gerundivre  by  the  termination  -zend;  as  der  zu
beweisende  Satz  the  proposition  to  be  prored’;  ein  nie
zu  vergessender  Freund  a  never-to-be-forgotten  friend.“

1.  großes  Lob  bekommen  heut:  ct.  note.  p.  41.  11.

.  zu  verdienen  suchen:  supply  mußt  es;  also  in  other

remarks  of  the  king.  Similar  elliptical  Constructions  are
found  for  the  imperatike,  as  stillgestanden!  halt!  aufgepaßt!
attention  1“

nicht  so  leicht:  cf.  note,  p.  41.  11.
na:  probably  the  same  as  nu  (short  for  nun).  I1t#  fllls  a  gap

which  the  speaker  uses  to  tank  of  what  he  is  going  to  say.
Transl.  here  well.  Cf.  na-nu.

fl.  komme  bben  so  weit,  zei  an  as  well  with.“
Blücher:  Gebhard  Leberecht  von  Blücher,  Fürst  von  der

MWalstatt  (17412—819).  was  in  1812  placed  on  half-Pay  (zur
Disposition  gestellt)  at  the  instigation  of  Napolecn;  from
1813—15  he  was  present  at  the  battles  of  Lützen,  Bautzen,
Hagxnau,  an  der  Katzbach,  Alöckern,  and  Leipzig;  entered
Paris,  kept  his  promise  io  Wellington  at  Waterloo,  was
nicknamed  Nlarschall  Vorwäris'“  br  the  Russians,  received
the  Freedom  of  the  Citrof  London,  and  the  degree  of  LL.D.
at  Oxford.

Gneisenau  (1760—1331):  August,  Graf  Reithardt  von  Gneise--nau,

  was  chief  On  Blücher's  staff  (Generalstabschef,  in  r1813.
and  conducted  the  pursuit  of  the  French  after  the  battle  of
Waterloo.

Dort  von  Wartenburg  (1759-1830)  served  under  I  riedrich