Philip, Alexander's father, to banish from his states a man de who had spoken ill of him; I shall by no means do it, answered he; he would go every where and speak ill of me. EXERCISE ON THE PRECEDING IDIOMS. Your brother is in good circumstances now.-Somebody told me he was in great favour with the king.—My brother James is out of favour with my father, because he is a burden on the family.—I thought Mr. A. and Mrs. D. went halves in that affair; but I heard the contrary.-Suffer me to tell apprendre you, you do very wrong to treat her as you do; you faire mal de undoubtedly have forgotten she is in your mother's favour. sans doute, 254 Well, though she is in favour, do you imagine I am not to s'imaginer 313 tell her what I think of her conduct?-The two fleets were within gun-shot, and very near beginning the engagement, when we lost sight of them.-We will be within call.—Why les perdímes de vue. do you not take a coach now and then? said she to me. I would willingly take one sometimes, replied I to her, but I cannot afford it. Il ne fait que boire et man- he does nothing but eat and ger; Se faire des amis, des ennemis; C'en est fait de moi; C'en sera fait d'elle; C'en serait fait de nous; drink. to get friends, enemies. to bring one's self into trouble. to be conceited, to have a good opinion of one's self. I am undone, it is over with me. he was undone, it was over with him. she will be undone, it will be over with her. we should be undone, it would be over with us. The English verb, to cause, preceding the verb to be, immediately followed by a participle past, is rendered in French by the verb faire, and then the verb to be is not expressed, but the participle past is turned by the infinitive mood. Ex. Il le fit punir; he caused him to be punished. EXERCISES ON THE PRECEDING IDIOMS. Do not lose that ring, for I value it much; it is a particular friend of mine who gave it me.—I would go and take a walk, if I were well. That man goes a great way for a trifle.— Mr. P.sets up for a wit wherever he goes.-You may rely upon what I tell you.-I begin to be very much satisfied with his brother, who now does his best, and will soon be able to write a French letter to his father.-Let me know whether he will pay you or not.—We shall set sail about the fifteenth of the next month.-Why did you not bespeak three or four pair of shoes more ?-Send word to your brother, or let him know, de plus that there is a letter for him here.-I will give him an exercise, and oblige him to do it in my presence. She pretends theme, m. not to listen; but I assure you she does not lose a word of what you say. We were but just come in when it began to arriver rain. It would have been over with us, had the enemy known what passed in our camp.-You do nothing but play from du morning till night.-That young lady will get friends every au soir. where. If you do not take care, you will bring yourself into trouble.-Permit me to tell you, that they are too conceited.— Your brother is undone, if his master come to know it.In 1606, king James caused the oath of allegiance fit convoquer (to be drawn up ;) and, in 1621, summoned a parliament, in dresser which (were formed) the two parties, called Whigs and se formèrent I choose rather to set out now than later.-She told me she had rather do any thing than speak to Mr. L.-They had tout au monde aimer rather have had you stay in Italy two or three years longer. mieux que -Do not you think Mrs. H. takes a great deal upon herself?— se donner des airs? It is no wonder that I do not speak French so well as you; trouver you have been several years in France, and I never was there. I hope your brother will succeed in his undertaking; for he goes the right way to work, and I am certain that he will bring it about. Your cousin, on the contrary, will always be poor; for he goes the wrong way to work in every thing he à undertakes. She longs to see your father, and tell him how well de you have behaved all the time of his absence.-I had like se comporter to have been killed in coming here.—If he lose, he will lay the blame upon you.-Why do you lay the blame upon her? she was not even in the room when that happened.-Should not your sister succeed, whom would she lay the fault upon ?—I long to tell you something; yet I do not know how to communicate it to you, for fear of your repeating it.de crainte que 313 When you have something disagreeable to tell me, you should go quite a different way to work.—I beg of you not to take amiss what I tell you.-Do not begin a thing unless you are sure to bring it about. |