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 ﻿all, všecek.

serious, hrubý; lit. gross.

fault, vada, s.f.

which, který.

long ago, ode davna.

to point out, vytýkati.

sound, competent to express o\>\v\ovi,soudný. Qí.soud,xa., judgement.

spread, 'rozšířili se, fr. ros, in different directions. See table explaining the use of the prepositions in compo- sition, and h'r, found also in sub. h'r, breadth, and šir-ý, broad.

among, v, with loc.

Bohemian, Český, fr. subst. Cechy, Bohemia, a word the

derivation of which _ has never been satisfactorily explained.

people, národ, s.m.

beyond measure, nad mini; measure, míra, s.f.

to, k, prep, with dat.

not a little, nemalo, which would perhaps be better translated 'a great deal.' See remarks oň this idiom, p. 58.

to contribute, přispiti.

simple, popular, prostonárodní {prostý, simple, and národ, the people).

style, sloh, m. (lit. putting to- gether).

to write, psali.

EXERCISE III.

In the middle of the eighteenth century, when truly the posi- tion of the Bohemian language an'd literature was most gloomy, the time of its new awakening was in preparation. To this-fortu- nate change contributed in a conspicuous degree the more liberal spirits which arose in the reign of Maria Theresa and Joseph II, in Austria generally and in Bohemia particularly. General enlightenment, progress, and liberty in the pursuit of know- ledge became the watchwords of the time; on which account also the prejudices which up to that time had prevailed on the subject of the Bohemian historical and literary monuments dis- appeared, their further destruction was stopped, and the freer