The Expedition of Humphry Clinker — Page 3
Thirdly, with respect to what passed at Mr Kendal's table, when the said Lismahago was so brutal in his reprehensions, I must inform you, my good Sir, that I was obliged to retire, not by fear arising from his minatory reproaches, which, as I said above, I value not of a rush; but from the sudden effect produced, by a barbel's row, which I had eaten at dinner, not knowing, that the said row is at certain seasons violently cathartic, as Galen observeth in his chapter Peri ichtos.
Drittens, was den Vorfall an Mr. Kendals Tisch betrifft, als besagter Lismahago in seinen Verweisen so brutal war, muss ich Euch, mein guter Herr, mitteilen, dass ich mich zurückzuziehen gezwungen war, nicht aus Furcht vor seinen drohenden Vorwürfen, die ich, wie oben gesagt, keines Strohhalms wert erachte; sondern wegen der plötzlichen Wirkung, die durch den Rogen eines Barben hervorgerufen wurde, den ich beim Mittagessen verzehrt hatte, ohne zu wissen, dass besagter Rogen zu gewissen Jahreszeiten heftig abführend wirkt, wie Galen in seinem Kapitel Peri ichtos bemerkt.
Vocabulary
- Drittens
- Thirdly; used to introduce a third point
- was
- What; relative or interrogative pronoun
- den
- The; definite article accusative masculine or dative plural
- Vorfall
- Incident; an event or occurrence worth noting
- an
- At, on, to; common German preposition
- Tisch
- Table; a piece of furniture with a flat top
- betrifft
- Concerns, regards; third person singular of betreffen
- als
- As, when, than; conjunction or comparison word
- besagter
- Said, aforementioned; referring to previously mentioned person
- in
- In, into; very common German preposition
- seinen
- His; possessive pronoun in accusative or dative case
- Verweisen
- References, rebukes; plural noun from verweisen
- so
- So, thus; adverb indicating manner or degree
- brutal
- Brutal, harsh; aggressively rough or cruel in manner
- war
- Was; past tense of sein, to be
- muss
- Must; first or third person singular of müssen
- ich
- I; first person singular personal pronoun
- Euch
- You; second person plural dative or accusative pronoun
- mein
- My; first person singular possessive pronoun
- guter
- Good; adjective in strong declension nominative masculine
- Herr
- Mister, lord, gentleman; formal title or address for men
- mitteilen
- To inform, to communicate; to pass information along
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- mich
- Me; first person singular accusative personal pronoun
- zurückzuziehen
- To withdraw, to retreat; infinitive with zu particle
- gezwungen
- Forced, compelled; past participle of zwingen
- nicht
- Not; standard German negation adverb
- aus
- Out of, from; preposition indicating origin or cause
- Furcht
- Fear; strong feeling of dread or apprehension
- vor
- Before, in front of, from; preposition with various uses
- drohenden
- Threatening; adjective modifying an impending danger
- Vorwürfen
- Reproaches, accusations; dative plural of Vorwurf
- die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- wie
- As, how, like; conjunction or interrogative adverb
- oben
- Above, as mentioned above; adverb of place or reference
- gesagt
- Said; past participle of sagen, to say
- keines
- None of, not a; genitive form of kein
- Strohhalms
- Straw; genitive of Strohhalm, used in idiom not worth
- wert
- Worth; adjective indicating value or worthiness
- erachte
- Consider, deem; first person singular of erachten
- sondern
- But rather; conjunction used after negation for contrast
- wegen
- Because of, due to; preposition indicating reason or cause
- der
- The; definite article masculine nominative or genitive feminine
- plötzlichen
- Sudden; adjective in inflected form describing abrupt onset
- Wirkung
- Effect, impact; result produced by something acting
- durch
- Through, by means of; preposition indicating cause or passage
- Rogen
- Roe, fish eggs; eggs of a fish used as food
- eines
- Of a; genitive indefinite article masculine or neuter
- hervorgerufen
- Caused, induced; past participle of hervorrufen
- wurde
- Was, became; past tense auxiliary of werden
- beim
- At the, during; contraction of bei dem
- Mittagessen
- Lunch; midday meal eaten around noon
- verzehrt
- Consumed, eaten; past participle of verzehren
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben, to have
- ohne
- Without; preposition indicating absence or lack of something
- zu
- To, too, at; preposition or infinitive particle
- wissen
- To know; infinitive referring to knowledge of facts
- gewissen
- Certain; adjective meaning particular or specific in context
- Jahreszeiten
- Seasons; plural of Jahreszeit, the four seasons of year
- heftig
- Intense, violent; strongly or powerfully acting adverb
- abführend
- Laxative; having a purgative or bowel-loosening effect
- wirkt
- Acts, works, has effect; third person singular of wirken
- seinem
- His, its; possessive pronoun in dative masculine or neuter
- Kapitel
- Chapter; a division of a book or text
- bemerkt
- Remarks, notes; third person singular of bemerken
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