The humour of Germany; . he wrong when they asserted that Greek was aninvention of the devil. Lord knows what I suffered throudiit. It went better with Hebrew, for I always had a greatpredilection for the Jews, although they to this very hourhave crucified my good name ; but I never could get so farin Hebrew as my watch, which had an intimate intercoursewith pawnbrokers, and in consequence acquired many Jewishhabits—for instance, it would not go on Saturday—andlearned the holy language, and was subsequently occupied FROM HEINE. 93 with its grammar, for often when sleepless in the night Ihave t
The humour of Germany; . he wrong when they asserted that Greek was aninvention of the devil. Lord knows what I suffered throudiit. It went better with Hebrew, for I always had a greatpredilection for the Jews, although they to this very hourhave crucified my good name ; but I never could get so farin Hebrew as my watch, which had an intimate intercoursewith pawnbrokers, and in consequence acquired many Jewishhabits—for instance, it would not go on Saturday—andlearned the holy language, and was subsequently occupied FROM HEINE. 93 with its grammar, for often when sleepless in the night Ihave to my amazement heard it industriously repeating—Kata/, katalta^ kataiki; Jzittcl^ kittal/a, kittaiki; pokat,pokadeti ; pikat, pik, pik. Meanwhile I learned much more German, and that is notsuch childs-play. For we poor Germans, who have alreadybeen sufficiently plagued with soldiers quartered on us,military duties, poll-taxes, and a thousand other exactions,must needs over and above all this torment each other with. • MV SCHOOLFELLOWS FOUGHT WITH ESPECIAL VIGOUR. accusatives and datives. I learned much German from theold Rector Schallmeyer, a brave clerical gentleman, whoseprotege I was from childhood. Something of the matter Ialso learned from Professor Schram, a man who had writtena book on Eternal Peace, and in whose class my school-fellows fought with especial vigour. And while thus dashing on in a breath, and thinking ofeverything, I have unexpectedly found myself back amongold school stories, and I avail myself of this opportunity toshow you, Madam, that it was not my fault if I learned so
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