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564 GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE Srauc bem leitenbcn ott unb folge ban fdjmctgcnben SBcItmcrr SMr' fic ηοφ nicijt fte ftteg' jefet auS ben gluten cmpor Wlit bem eniu fleljt bic Siatur in cwigem S3unbe 3Βαβ brr cine ucrfprid leiflct bte onbrc gewtp II Translate into German The labours of German scholars have within the last forty or fifty years much improved our knowledge of the origin and affinity of European languages Sir Walter Scott says that Dryden's prose may be reckoned with the best in the English language Edward and Henry II caused many woods to be out down in Wales and Ireland to prevent the natives from harbouring in them and harassing their troops friend of Sir Humphrey Davy broke from curiosity the egg of an alligator which he found in the burning sand of Ceylon when young alligator came forth that at once made towards the sea though it was batched in the sand under the influence of the sunbeams Ulphilas the Bishop and Apostle of tbe Goths ac- quired their love and reverence by his blameless life and indefatigable zeal and they received with implicit con- fidence the doctrine of truth and virtue which be preached and practised He executed the arduous task of trans- lating the Scriptures into their native tongue dialect of the German or Teutonic language The rude imperfect idiom of soldiers and shepherds so ill qualified to com- municate any spiritual ideas was improved and modulated by this genius The agitation of Bath on tbis occasion was inde- scribable All the troops of the line then quartered in