German composition

Section 10 England Under the Rule⁠ Of⁠ Queen Victoria12

The peace, the freedom, the happiness⁠3, and the order which Victoria’s rule guarantees⁠4, are⁠5 part of my birthright as an Englishman, and I bless⁠6 God for my share⁠7! Where else shall⁠8 I find such liberty⁠9 of action, thought, speech⁠10, or⁠11 laws which protect me so well⁠12?—W. M. Thackeray.

Notes

1 rule = reign.

2 Use the gen. of the def. art. The definite article is used in German before names of persons when preceded by an adjective or a common name; as— Der arme Fritz! Poor Fritz! Der Kaiser Wilhelm. Emperor William.

3 happiness = well-being, Wohlfahrt, f. ‘Victoria’s rule’, say ‘the reign of Queen Victoria’.

4 to guarantee, gewähren.

5 are part = form a part.

6 I bless = I thank.

7 share = lot.

8 shall = can.

9 Freiheit des Handelns. Repeat the article before the two following nouns. In German the articles, possessive adjective pronouns, and other determinative words must be repeated when they are used in reference to several nouns of different gender or number, whilst in English they are only required before the first noun.

10 Insert ‘and’ before ‘speech’, Rede, f., and place the verb finden immediately after that noun.

11 Substitute the words ‘and where’ for the word ‘or’.

12 gut.