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1. mit goldenem Kern. Idiom? Comp. auf hohem Felsenkegel (page 9, note 13) and glockenhelles Gelächter (page 11, note 5).

2. festen Fußes (phrase formed with adverb. genit. of manner) = mit festem Fuße, i.e. standhaft, steadfast(ly), firm(ly).

3. er hätte gern (phrase), he would have liked.

4. The preposition ohne with zu and the infinitive corresponds to English without with the verb-noun in -ing. About ohne daß (for ohne . . . zu), see page 45, note 3.

5. ward = ? Cf. page 4, note 4.

6. mit einem (dat. neut.), the words „Unverständiges Kind!“ being the noun; transl. with the remark:

7. (gestellt, pass.) von, by.

8. ja (adverb. idiom) = why! you know (expletive).

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