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Drunkenness is an inordinate love of drinking. It is the most detestable of all vices, because it lowers the drunkard on a level with beasts. Avoid it then, take all the means of getting free from it. Abstain from liquors; and if you imagine that abstinence is t00 heavy, reflect on the vinegar and gall which our Lord tasted on the cross. Besides that, remember the word of the Scripture, : “ drunkards shall never possess the kingdom of heaven.” If you wish to be saved, if you wish to go to heaven with God, you have to avoid drunkenness, otherwise no heaven for you.
Question
What is drunkenness ?
What do you think of that vice ?
What must you do?
What was given to our Lord dying on the cross ? What does the Scripture say ?
Vocabulary
To paddle, pagayer. To patch, rapiécer.
To pant, soupirer après. To pause, arrêter.
To paper, tapisser. To pawn, d:nner en garantie To parch, brâler de. To pay, payer.
To purse, analyser. To peddle, colporter.
To part (with) quitter. To peal, peler.
To pass, passer, Topen parquer,
Exercice
A traduire et à apprendre.
Quelle belle contrée! quel charmant pays! Aimonsbien notre Cunada, travaillous pour assurer sa prospérité future. Cet homuie était médecin, il est maintenant officier. Nous allons visiter nos parents quatre fois pur année. Le sucre se vend généralement ciny à six sous la livre, cependant il se vend quelquefois moins cher, Cette actrice est anglaise, l’acteur qui l'accompagne est irlandais. Ces ananas (pine-apple) ont cnûté vingt-cinq cents la pièce. Vous finissez votre excreice, priez Dieu de vous éclairer (to enlighten) pour découvrir les crrenrs que vous uvez pu faire.
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France is a cou ‘“v that ought to be dear to our hearts. But if we ought to love her we must not imitate her. She was not faithful to her obligations. A good many Frenchmen have no fuith, no creed, they are like heathens. For this reason T say that you should not imitate them. You may love France, she is your mother; pray to Goù for her that he may open her eyes. If France reccives that grace from God, she will sce her wrongs, and will soon come back again to her primitive faith; to the practice of her religion, Some impious Frenchmen will perhaps see w'at is said here, perhaps will they laugh atit, they will not be the more intelligent for all that: they may be sure of one thing, we will constantly pray for their conversion.
SUBSTANTIVES CHAPTER II
Substantives
To express the relation of property the English
use the ’s, as was seen precedently, Ex.: Paul’s exercise.
Le devoir de Puul.
N.B. 1o The coustruction with the’s must not be used with names of things and adjectives taken as nouns M
Ex. : The tower of the church. a Le clocher de l'église. :
Happiness is the reward of the good.
Le bonheur est la récompense des bons.
20. With plurul nouns ending by 8, and some singular nouns having the same termination, the apos- \s trophe alone is used after s. !
Ex. : Socrates” wife.
La femme de Socrate. us | My friends’ books. | .
Les livres de mes amis.
tal nv M LME ER EVOQULE chou neter42 M re co pe re |
minier: :- Éaiagne 2
30. 1f several possessives are to be used one after the other, it is better to change their form by using sometimes of, sometimes ’s.
hs ten cree Re OR et
Ex. : The brother of my sister ’s friend, Le frère de l'ami de ma sœur.
péter sd fe
and not My sister’s friend’s brother.
The brother of the friend of my sister,
These last two examples though correct, can’t be recommanded for elegance.
40 Nouns may be used to express quality, nubstunce, profession, title, etc., ete. In such cuses they aro pluced before tho noun they qualify and ure never varied.
Ex.: A school-master.
Un maître d'école.
School-masters.
Des maîtres d'école.
A gold watch.
Une montre d'or.
Gold watches.
Des montres d'or.
A ten dollar bill, Un billet de dix piastres.
Exercice.
A traduirc e*‘ : apprendre.
Ces enfants ont eu de bLaux cadeaux de (from) leurs professeurs. Le plus savant de l'école x eu une magnifique montre d'argent, le second en mérite à regu un beau crayon d’or. Au troisième élève, on a donné un billet de cinq piastres. Une maison de pierre est certainement plus solide qu'une maison de bois. Ces beaux champs, ces verts bocages sont à mon père. Nous allons chez notre sœur d’abord, nous irons ensuite chez nos amis. Le salaire de notre maître d'école n’est pas suflisant, nous avons supplié nos parents de le payer un peu plus cher,
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The boy who had listened to his mother’s last exhortations without uttering a word, felt the most lively grief when he saw her expiring. The goldwatches which you have bought from that jeweller were far from being good. Brick houses are stronger and last more than wooden-houses. They were coming from their brothers, whon they met me on the road. God generally bestows his fav ours on the most deserving persons, 80 if you wish to be favoured by the Heavenly Father, you ought first to serve him well. The church-yurd is a good place for meditation, there you willthink of the many persons who prec-ded you, and you will nnderstand that
sooner or ler, you will be there with .hem.
The possessive case is also used in English to tranlate the French c’est à c'était à.... expressing possession. Thus speaking of a book, I may say :
Ex. : It is my brother's.
C’est à mon frère At lenght this case translates the French chez expressing place.
lo With verbs of motion.
Ex. I am going to my brothers.
Je vais chez mon frère.
20 With verbs of rest.
Ex: I am at my sister’s.
Je suis chez ma sœur.
30, With verbs of separation. remoteness,
Ex: : I come from my uncle’s, Je viens de chez mon oncle, In all those examples, the word house is understo0d.
Ex.: I'um going to my brother’s (house).
Je vais chez mon frère ! à sa maison)
Numeral nouns
A+ seen before, hundred, thousand and million, ave invariable when taken as adjectives, accomyanying à noun.
Ex.: Five handred boyx, Cing cents garçons.
Six thousand soldiers,
Six mille soldats.
But, thess words may be used as nouns, corres-
ponding to the French, centaines, milliers, in such instances hundred and thousand uvre varied.
Ex. : The plaguo killed men by hundreds, Le fléuu tua ces hommes par centaines.
Stars ure Lo be seen by thousands,.
Les étoiles se voient par milliers
