Enquire within upon everything: The great Victorian-era domestic standby — Page 1
ENQUIRE WITHIN
DRINNEN NACHFRAGEN
UPON
ÜBER
EVERYTHING.
ALLES.
"WHETHER YOU WISH TO MODEL A FLOWER IN WAX; TO STUDY THE RULES OF ETIQUETTE; TO SERVE A RELISH FOR BREAKFAST OR SUPPER; TO PLAN A DINNER FOR A LARGE PARTY OR A SMALL ONE; TO CURE A HEADACHE; TO MAKE A WILL; TO GET MARRIED; TO BURY A RELATIVE; WHATEVER YOU MAY WISH TO DO, MAKE, OR TO ENJOY, PROVIDED YOUR DESIRE HAS RELATION TO THE NECESSITIES OF DOMESTIC LIFE, I HOPE YOU WILL NOT FAIL TO 'ENQUIRE WITHIN.'"--Editor.
"OB SIE EINE BLUME IN WACHS MODELLIEREN MÖCHTEN; DIE REGELN DER ETIKETTE STUDIEREN; EINE DELIKATESSE ZUM FRÜHSTÜCK ODER ABENDESSEN SERVIEREN; EIN DINNER FÜR EINE GROSSE ODER KLEINE GESELLSCHAFT PLANEN; EINEN KOPFSCHMERZ HEILEN; EIN TESTAMENT MACHEN; HEIRATEN; EINEN VERWANDTEN BEGRABEN; WAS AUCH IMMER SIE TUN, HERSTELLEN ODER GENIESSEN MÖCHTEN, SOFERN IHR WUNSCH MIT DEN NOTWENDIGKEITEN DES HÄUSLICHEN LEBENS IN ZUSAMMENHANG STEHT, HOFFE ICH, DASS SIE NICHT VERSÄUMEN WERDEN, 'DRINNEN NACHZUFRAGEN.'"--Herausgeber.
ENQUIRERS ARE REFERRED TO THE INDEX AT THE END.
ANFRAGENDE WERDEN AUF DEN INDEX AM ENDE VERWIESEN.
EIGHTY-NINTH EDITION. REVISED.
NEUNUNDACHTZIGSTE AUSGABE. ÜBERARBEITET.
MAKING THE TOTAL ISSUE TO DATE ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT THOUSAND COPIES.
DAMIT BELÄUFT SICH DIE GESAMTAUFLAGE BIS HEUTE AUF EINE MILLION EINHUNDERTACHTUNDACHTZIGTAUSEND EXEMPLARE.
LONDON:
LONDON:
HOULSTON AND SONS,
HOULSTON UND SÖHNE,
PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
1894.
1894.
COMPANION WORKS TO ENQUIRE WITHIN.
BEGLEITWERKE ZU DRINNEN NACHFRAGEN.
DAILY WANTS, DICTIONARY OF. 7s. 6d.
TÄGLICHE BEDÜRFNISSE, WÖRTERBUCH DER. 7s. 6d.
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, DICTIONARY OF. 10s.
NÜTZLICHES WISSEN, WÖRTERBUCH DES. 10s.
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL KNOWLEDGE, DICTIONARY OF. 5s.
MEDIZINISCHES UND CHIRURGISCHES WISSEN, WÖRTERBUCH DES. 5s.
REASON WHY. CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS. 3s. 6d.
DER GRUND WARUM. CHRISTLICHE KONFESSIONEN. 3s. 6d.
REASON WHY. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY. 3s. 6d.
DER GRUND WARUM. PHYSISCHE GEOGRAPHIE UND GEOLOGIE. 3s. 6d.
REASON WHY. GENERAL SCIENCE. 2s. 6d.
DER GRUND WARUM. ALLGEMEINE WISSENSCHAFT. 2s. 6d.
REASON WHY. NATURAL HISTORY. 2s. 6d.
DER GRUND WARUM. NATURGESCHICHTE. 2s. 6d.
HISTORICAL REASON WHY. ENGLISH HISTORY. 2s. 6d.
HISTORISCHER GRUND WARUM. ENGLISCHE GESCHICHTE. 2s. 6d.
REASON WHY. GARDENER'S AND FARMER'S. 2s. 6d.
DER GRUND WARUM. FÜR GÄRTNER UND LANDWIRTE. 2s. 6d.
REASON WHY. DOMESTIC SCIENCE FOR HOUSEWIVES. 2s. 6d.
DER GRUND WARUM. HAUSWIRTSCHAFTSLEHRE FÜR HAUSFRAUEN. 2s. 6d.
BIBLICAL REASON WHY. SACRED HISTORY. 2s. 6d.
BIBLISCHER GRUND WARUM. HEILIGE GESCHICHTE. 2s. 6d.
FAMILY SAVE-ALL; OR, SECONDARY COOKERY, ETC. 2s. 6d.
FAMILIEN-SPARSAMKEIT; ODER, VERWERTUNGSKÜCHE USW. 2s. 6d.
JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY; OR, THE INTERVIEW. 2s. 6d.
ENTDECKUNGSREISE; ODER, DAS INTERVIEW. 2s. 6d.
PRACTICAL HOUSEWIFE AND FAMILY MEDICAL GUIDE. 2s. 6d.
PRAKTISCHE HAUSFRAU UND FAMILIEN-MEDIZINFÜHRER. 2s. 6d.
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 2s. 6d.
MITTEILUNGEN AN KORRESPONDENTEN. 2s. 6d.
CORNER CUPBOARD. A FAMILY REPOSITORY. 2s. 6d.
ECKSCHRANK. EIN FAMILIEN-REPOSITORIUM. 2s. 6d.
HOW A PENNY BECAME A THOUSAND POUNDS. } 2s. 6d.
WIE EIN PENNY ZU TAUSEND PFUND WURDE. } 2s. 6d.
Vocabulary
- DRINNEN
- Inside, within an enclosed space
- NACHFRAGEN
- To inquire or ask further about something
- ÜBER
- Over, above, or about something
- ALLES
- Everything, all things
- OB
- Whether, used to introduce indirect questions
- SIE
- She, they, or formal you
- EINE
- A, an; indefinite article feminine form
- BLUME
- A flower, blooming plant
- IN
- In, inside, within a location
- WACHS
- Wax, a moldable solid substance
- MODELLIEREN
- To model, shape, or sculpt a material
- MÖCHTEN
- Would like, to want politely
- DIE
- The; definite article feminine or plural
- REGELN
- Rules, regulations, or guidelines
- DER
- The; definite article masculine or genitive
- ETIKETTE
- Etiquette, rules of polite social behavior
- STUDIEREN
- To study, especially at a higher level
- DELIKATESSE
- A delicacy, fine or special food item
- ZUM
- To the; contraction of zu dem
- FRÜHSTÜCK
- Breakfast, the first meal of the day
- ODER
- Or, expressing an alternative choice
- ABENDESSEN
- Dinner or supper, the evening meal
- SERVIEREN
- To serve food or drinks to someone
- EIN
- A, an; indefinite article masculine or neuter
- DINNER
- Dinner, a formal or main evening meal
- FÜR
- For, intended for someone or something
- GROSSE
- Large, big; adjective for size
- KLEINE
- Small, little; adjective for size
- GESELLSCHAFT
- Society, company, or social gathering
- PLANEN
- To plan or organize something in advance
- EINEN
- A, an; indefinite article accusative masculine
- KOPFSCHMERZ
- Headache, pain in the head
- HEILEN
- To heal, cure, or treat an ailment
- TESTAMENT
- A will or testament, legal last document
- MACHEN
- To make or do something
- HEIRATEN
- To marry, to get married
- VERWANDTEN
- Relatives, family members by blood or marriage
- BEGRABEN
- To bury, to inter a deceased person
- WAS
- What; interrogative or relative pronoun
- AUCH
- Also, too, as well
- IMMER
- Always, ever, at all times
- TUN
- To do, to perform an action
- HERSTELLEN
- To produce, manufacture, or make something
- GENIESSEN
- To enjoy, to take pleasure in something
- SOFERN
- Provided that, as long as a condition holds
- IHR
- Her, your (plural), or their possessive pronoun
- WUNSCH
- A wish, desire, or request
- MIT
- With, together with someone or something
- DEN
- The; definite article dative plural or accusative masculine
- NOTWENDIGKEITEN
- Necessities, essential needs or requirements
- DES
- Of the; genitive definite article masculine or neuter
- HÄUSLICHEN
- Domestic, relating to the home or household
- LEBENS
- Of life; genitive form of Leben
- ZUSAMMENHANG
- Connection, context, or relation between things
- STEHT
- Stands; third-person singular present of stehen
- HOFFE
- Hope; first-person singular present of hoffen
- ICH
- I, the first-person singular pronoun
- DASS
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- NICHT
- Not; negation particle in German
- VERSÄUMEN
- To miss, fail, or neglect to do something
- WERDEN
- Will, to become; auxiliary for future tense
- NACHZUFRAGEN
- To follow up by asking or inquiring further
- Herausgeber
- Editor or publisher of a written work
- ANFRAGENDE
- Inquirer, person making a question or request
- AUF
- On, onto, upon a surface or location
- INDEX
- Index, alphabetical list of topics or entries
- AM
- At the, on the; contraction of an dem
- ENDE
- End, conclusion, final part of something
- VERWIESEN
- Referred, directed to another source or location
- AUSGABE
- Edition, issue, or publication of a work
- ÜBERARBEITET
- Revised, updated, reworked edition or document
- DAMIT
- So that, with that; conjunction or adverb
- BELÄUFT
- Amounts to; third-person singular of sich belaufen
- SICH
- Himself, herself, itself; reflexive pronoun
- BIS
- Until, up to, as far as
- HEUTE
- Today, the current day
- MILLION
- Million, the number one thousand thousand
- EXEMPLARE
- Copies, individual printed items of a publication
- UND
- And; coordinating conjunction
- SÖHNE
- Sons; plural of Sohn, used in firm names
- ZU
- To, at, too; preposition or infinitive marker
- TÄGLICHE
- Daily, everyday, occurring each day
- BEDÜRFNISSE
- Needs, necessities, everyday requirements
- WÖRTERBUCH
- Dictionary, book of word definitions
- NÜTZLICHES
- Useful, practical, serving a helpful purpose
- WISSEN
- Knowledge, or to know a fact
- MEDIZINISCHES
- Medical, relating to medicine or health care
- CHIRURGISCHES
- Surgical, relating to surgery or surgical practice
- GRUND
- Reason, ground, or basis for something
- WARUM
- Why; interrogative adverb asking for a reason
- CHRISTLICHE
- Christian, relating to Christianity or its beliefs
- KONFESSIONEN
- Denominations or confessions of religious faith
- PHYSISCHE
- Physical, relating to the natural or material world
- GEOGRAPHIE
- Geography, study of Earth's landscapes and features
- GEOLOGIE
- Geology, study of Earth's rocks and structure
- ALLGEMEINE
- General, comprehensive, not specialized
- WISSENSCHAFT
- Science, academic field of systematic knowledge
- NATURGESCHICHTE
- Natural history, study of the natural world
- HISTORISCHER
- Historical, relating to history or past events
- ENGLISCHE
- English, relating to England or its language
- GESCHICHTE
- History or story, narrative of past events
- GÄRTNER
- Gardener, person who tends a garden
- LANDWIRTE
- Farmers, people who work agricultural land
- HAUSFRAUEN
- Housewives, women managing a home
- BIBLISCHER
- Biblical, relating to the Bible
- HEILIGE
- Holy, sacred, or a saint
- FAMILIEN
- Families, groups of related individuals
- SPARSAMKEIT
- Thrift, frugality, careful use of resources
- USW
- Etc.; abbreviation of und so weiter, and so on
- ENTDECKUNGSREISE
- Journey of discovery or exploration
- DAS
- The; definite article neuter nominative or accusative
- INTERVIEW
- Interview, formal conversation for information or assessment
- PRAKTISCHE
- Practical, useful in real situations
- HAUSFRAU
- Housewife, woman managing the household
- MITTEILUNGEN
- Notices, communications, or announcements
- AN
- At, on, to; preposition indicating position or direction
- KORRESPONDENTEN
- Correspondents, persons communicating by letters
- WIE
- How, as, like; interrogative or comparative word
- TAUSEND
- Thousand, the number one thousand
- PFUND
- Pound; unit of currency or weight
- WURDE
- Was, became; past tense of werden
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