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cooked’;  hence  its  adr.  force  of  quite':  ganz  und  gar
nicht  al'sclutely  not,  and  the  phrese  einem  den  Garaus
machen  #to  deal  one  a  finishing  stroke  (doscb  4e  l  .

27.  8.  Saarbrücker  Kohlenbecken  (or  Schichten  strata·'):  tl###
centre  of  the  coal-measurcs  of  Germany,  near  Saarbrück  on
the  Saar.

,  16.  Sanssouci  bei  Potsdam:  the  ro#yal  residence,  not  far
from  Berlin,  near  Potsdam,  built  1715—T7.  the  farourie
resert  of  Friedrich  der  Grosse  and  Friedrich  Wilhelm  III.

28.  4.  Gesinnung:  ge=  as  a  prefix  forms  substt.  (neuter  as  a
rule)  denoting  collectiveness,  and  corresponds  to  Ensgl.  co-,
col-,  cont-,  con-,  as  das  Gestirn  constellation.'  die  Gemeinde
community';  therefore  die  Gesinnung  -  collection  of  dis-Positions
  of  the  mind,  i.e  senliments'  principles.'

7.  Königsberg:  see  note,  p.  1  I.  10.

„  16.  Schleswig  und  Holstein:  the  scouthern  part  of  the-Danish
  Peninsula,  with  a  population  chieflr  Cerman.

22.  dürfen  originally  meant  to  need  (now  bedürfen  with  gen.),
as  still  seen  in  dialects  with  nicht,  kaum,  nur:  Sie  dürfen
nur  klingeln  Fou  need  onlr  ring’;  it  has  now  the  forcee
Of  be  allowed,  and  in  imperf.  subj.  dürfte  =  might  verr
possibly':  er  dürfte  es  gehört  haben  he  might  rer
possibIy  have  heard  i#.“’  Cf.  in  1.  20  abgefeuert  werden
dürfe  (  would  be  allowed.).

„,  24.  der  Deutsche  Bund:  this  was  a  confederation  of  the

German  States  founded  im  181xz,  and  consisted  originallr  of

thirty-five  states  and  four  free  ciies.  The  General  Assembly

(Allgemeine  Versammlung  or  Plenum)  disposed  of  serent#

Vvotes  and  decided  questions  of  laws,  peace,  and  war  as

affecting  the  whole  bodt.  The  Bundesheer  was  composcd.

of  ten  army  -Corps,  about  Jo0.000  men.  The  diet

(Bundestag)  met  till  1866  at  Frankfurt  a.  Al.  under  the

presidency  of  Austria.  In  1866  ther  movred  to  Augsburg

and  there  held  their  last  session  (Sitzung)  on  August  21.

„  30.  Mochte  .  wollte,  look  at  the  matter  as  he  would’;  cf.
note,  p.  10  1.  22.

29.  4.  Kriegsminister  von  Roon:  Albrecht  Theodor  Emil.
Graf  von  R.  (1803—70),  successful  as  a  soldier  and  mimister  uf
military  and  naral  affairs,  became  a  Fieldmarshal  an!
Prussian  Ministerpräsident  in  1873.

„H  6.  Abgeordnetenhause,  Chamber  of  Deputies,  is  the  Second
Cbamber  in  the  Prussian  State  and  corresponds  to  the
English  House  of  Commons.  The  House  of  Lords=  das
Herrenhaus.

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