Notre-Dame de Paris — Page 10
Which demonstrates a new truth: that great events have incalculable results.
Was eine neue Wahrheit beweist: dass große Ereignisse unabsehbare Folgen haben.
It is true that it may be quite possible, in the first place, that Ravaillac had no accomplices; and in the second, that if he had any, they were in no way connected with the fire of 1618.
Es stimmt zwar, dass es durchaus möglich sein mag, erstens, dass Ravaillac keine Mitschuldigen hatte; und zweitens, dass diese, falls er welche gehabt haben sollte, in keiner Weise mit dem Brand von 1618 in Verbindung standen.
Two other very plausible explanations exist: First, the great flaming star, a foot broad, and a cubit high, which fell from heaven, as every one knows, upon the law courts, after midnight on the seventh of March; second, Théophile's quatrain,—
Es gibt zwei andere sehr plausible Erklärungen: Erstens der große Feuerstern, einen Fuß breit und eine Elle hoch, der bekanntlich nach Mitternacht am siebten März vom Himmel auf das Gerichtsgebäude fiel; zweitens Théophiles Vierzeiler:
"Sure, 'twas but a sorry game / When at Paris, Dame Justice, / Through having eaten too much spice, / Set the palace all aflame.
„Fürwahr, es war ein traurig Spiel, / Als zu Paris, Frau Justitia, / Weil sie zu viel Gewürz gegessen, / Den Palast in Flammen aufgehen ließ.
Vocabulary
- Was
- What; interrogative or relative pronoun
- eine
- A, an; indefinite article feminine/neuter
- neue
- New; adjective describing something recently created
- Wahrheit
- Truth; a fact or reality that is verified
- beweist
- Proves; third-person singular of beweisen
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- große
- Great, large; adjective indicating significant size or importance
- Ereignisse
- Events; plural of Ereignis, notable occurrences
- Folgen
- Consequences, results; outcomes of an action or event
- haben
- To have; auxiliary and main verb of possession
- Es
- It; third-person singular neuter pronoun
- stimmt
- Is true, correct; third-person singular of stimmen
- zwar
- Indeed, admittedly; concessive adverb often paired with aber
- es
- It; neuter personal pronoun, unstressed form
- durchaus
- Quite, absolutely, thoroughly; adverb emphasizing degree
- möglich
- Possible; adjective indicating something can occur
- sein
- To be; infinitive of the verb sein
- mag
- May, might; modal verb expressing possibility or liking
- erstens
- Firstly; adverb used to introduce the first point
- keine
- No, none; negative article or pronoun
- hatte
- Had; simple past tense of haben
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction linking words or clauses
- zweitens
- Secondly; adverb introducing the second point
- diese
- These, those; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- falls
- If, in case; conditional subordinating conjunction
- er
- He; third-person singular masculine pronoun
- welche
- Which, who; relative or interrogative pronoun
- gehabt
- Had; past participle of haben
- sollte
- Should, was supposed to; past subjunctive of sollen
- in
- In, into; preposition indicating location or direction
- keiner
- No, none; negative pronoun in genitive or dative
- Weise
- Way, manner; noun indicating a method or mode
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- dem
- The; dative definite article masculine/neuter
- Brand
- Fire, blaze; noun referring to a destructive fire
- von
- Of, from, by; preposition indicating origin or possession
- Verbindung
- Connection, link; relationship between things or people
- standen
- Stood, were; simple past plural of stehen
- gibt
- Gives, there is/are; third-person singular of geben
- zwei
- Two; the cardinal number 2
- andere
- Other, different; adjective or pronoun indicating another
- sehr
- Very, much; adverb intensifying adjectives or adverbs
- plausible
- Plausible; adjective meaning seemingly reasonable or probable
- Erklärungen
- Explanations; plural of Erklärung, statements clarifying something
- Erstens
- Firstly; adverb beginning an enumerated list
- der
- The; definite article, masculine nominative or feminine genitive
- einen
- A, one; indefinite article masculine accusative
- Fuß
- Foot; unit of measurement or body part
- breit
- Wide, broad; adjective describing horizontal extent
- hoch
- High, tall; adjective describing vertical extent
- bekanntlich
- As is well known, notoriously; adverb of common knowledge
- nach
- After, to, according to; preposition of time or direction
- Mitternacht
- Midnight; the middle of the night, 12 a.m.
- am
- On the, at the; contraction of an dem
- siebten
- Seventh; ordinal number adjective in dative form
- März
- March; the third month of the year
- vom
- From the; contraction of von dem
- Himmel
- Sky, heaven; the space above earth or celestial realm
- auf
- On, onto, upon; preposition of position or direction
- das
- The; definite article neuter or relative pronoun
- fiel
- Fell; simple past tense of fallen
- war
- Was; simple past tense of sein
- ein
- A, an; indefinite article masculine/neuter nominative
- traurig
- Sad, sorrowful; adjective describing unhappy emotion
- Spiel
- Game, play; noun for an activity or spectacle
- Als
- When, as; subordinating conjunction of time or comparison
- zu
- To, at, too; preposition or adverb of direction or degree
- Paris
- Paris; capital city of France
- Frau
- Woman, Mrs.; noun for an adult female person
- Weil
- Because; causal subordinating conjunction
- sie
- She, they, her; third-person pronoun singular or plural
- viel
- Much, a lot; adjective or adverb indicating large quantity
- Gewürz
- Spice, seasoning; aromatic substance used in cooking
- gegessen
- Eaten; past participle of essen
- Den
- The; definite article masculine accusative
- Palast
- Palace; large grand building for royalty or government
- Flammen
- Flames; plural of Flamme, tongues of burning fire
- aufgehen
- To rise, go up; verb for ascending or bursting into flame
- ließ
- Let, allowed; simple past of lassen, causative verb
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