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stating his real intentions. This poor mechanic has
ruined his health through drinking. The master was
very angry with me for having done my exercise so badly.
I cannot help observing a considerable difference
between travelling in England and in Germany. English—
men avoid speaking to any person whom they do not
know. I regret having promised, what I now find im—
possible to fulfil. His remarks were so strange, that
I could not forbear laughing at him. I detest copying
letters the whole day. When will you cease plaguing
me with requests that I cannot grant. You may continue
playing for half an hour, but then you must come in to
learn your lessons. I am very much obliged to you for
your kind offer, although I must decline accepting it. We
deferred writing our exercises till it was too late. Wicked
children dread meeting their parents again after some
absence from home, while good and kind—hearted children
long to see them again. My uncle purposes sending his
family into the country for a change of air, but they pre—
fer staying in town. They cannot endure living in a
place, where they are separated from all their friends.
She was so hot—tempered, that she was often misled to do
things, which she repented having done, when she was
calm again.
അഭ്യാസങ്ങൾ.
നിങ്ങളെ എല്ലാവരെയും ഇത്ര വേഗത്തിൽ കാ
ണ്മാനുള്ള ആശ, ഞാൻ എഴുതുന്നതു എന്തു എന്ന
പ്രയാസത്തോടെ അറിവാൻ തക്കവണ്ണം എനിക്ക
തല ചുറ്റൽ പിടിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. തെറ്റി നടക്കുന്ന ഒരു
