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29.  16.  Otto  von  Bismarck-Schönhausen:  see  note,  p.  38  1.  3.

„27.  sei  .  .  sei  ..  tönne  .  .  eigne:  these  subjunctives
indicate  the  quoted  opinion  of  the  king  and  Bismarck  and,
as  usual,  are  in  the  tense  employcd  by  the  speakers.

,  31.  man  könne  .lassen,  #  beginning  might  certainl)  be

made  by  letting  Europe  kuow  it“;  immer  gives  a  tone  of

encouragement  and  assufancc.

also  „tapfer  drauf  los!“  therefore,  boldly  about  it#17
Friedrich  VII.  died  in  November  1863.  Prince  Christian

#of  Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg,  husband  of

the  granddaughter  of  Christian  VIII.  of  Denmark,  succecded

with  the  title  of  Christian  IX.  Bismarck's  policy,  here
narrated,  was  doubtless  influenced  by  bis  desire  to  obtain

Kiel,  the  future  great  naval  harbour  of  Germany.

,,  20.  Garde-Infanterie-Division:  this  is  one  of  the  threc
Divisions  of  the  Garde-Corps;  two  of  them  are  infantry
and  one  cavalry.

gegenüber  S.,  over  against  S.#;:  1.  20  der  Tapferkeit.
gegenüber  in  the  presence  of  the  bravery  .  .

31.  13.  einerlei  Ansicht  waren,  were  unanimous.“  This  gen.

is  used  with  sein,  bleiben,  scheinen,  werden,  e.  .:—
guter  Dinge  sein  to  be  of  good  cheer.“
du  bist  des  Todes  thou  am  a  dead  man.“
ich  bin  willens  I  intend.
and  adverbially  with  leben  and  sterben:—
des  Glaubens  leben  und  sterben  'to  live  and  die  in  the
faith.“
Hungers  sterben  #to  die  of  hunger.“

,,  22.  Macht=  und  Besitzvergrößerung:  thebyphen  (Bindestrich)
is  used  to  show  that  the  second  Ccomponent  in  the  compound
belongs  also  to  Macht,  hence  an  increase  in  the  power  and
territory  (of  Prussia).“

hätte  ..  können:  sce  p.  12  U  20  and  p.  20  1.  Zo.  Idioms
with  Spiel:—
einen  ins  Spiel  ziehen  to  implicate  some  one  in  sg.“
im  Spiele  sein  'to  share  in.'
aufs  Spiel  setzen  to  stake.“
die  Hand  im  Spiel  haben  to  have  a  finger  in  the  pie.“
gewonnenes  Spiel  haben  to  be  sure  ol  the  game.
„  31.  Recke  properly  means  '  soldier  of  fortune  "stranger'  eile.
and  is  connecicd  with  Engl.  20zc  It  denotes  now
vvaliant  hero.“

32.  3.  seiner  Zeit,  in  its  time,  gen.  of  indef.  time,  as  dieser
Tage  one  of  these  days,  mittlerweile  meanwbhile,“
heutigen  Tages  nowadays.

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