[Gutenberg 27738] • Heath's Modern Language Series: José

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ... 3. corr an, pursued, ran after. 4. le dieran en lo vivo, wound him to the quick. 5. Cay6, tt's down, lit. " it has fallen." Cf. page 7, note 2. 6. poner... tierra por medio, put distance betiveen them. 7. dar... en el suelo, fall to the ground. 8. si bien... en ello, though in this case (yd) it was men who took pleasure in it. Page 52.--1. de buena tinta, on good authority, from a good source, lit. "ink." 2. al comp?'s que, in proportion as. 3. sin que dejase de echarle, without being sure to cast at him. This very curious construction is not noted in grammars or dictionaries, not even in Cuervo's excellent Diccionario de Construcci n. The development of dejar de as a negative may be summarized as follows: I. It negatives an action by denoting its cessation, e.g. deje V. de hablar. 2. From "ceasing to do" the next step is "fail to begin," cf. page 30, note 2. 3. No dejar de--"nevertheless," cf. page 6, note 6. 4. Dejar de = no, e.g. si ramos liberales, dej bamos de serlo. 5. Finally, as in the present example, it comes to be merely an expletive (here correlative to sin), though an expletive which adds a certain emphasis. No coma V. mel n sin dejar de echarle sal, "Don't eat melon without putting salt on it." No pase V. por Madrid sin dejar de venir verme. 4. le pon a semblante halag e o, looked sweetly at him, lit. ."nade him a friendly face." 5. en que se deshac a el tonto, in which the idiot indulged, "to which he abandoned himself," "gave vent." 6. siempre que, provided that. Page 58.--I. ver, let us see, and we shall see. This construction, imperative in force, is explainable by the ellipse of some word like vamos. 2. al c lebre Cristo. This image is not really at Cudillero, bu...