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 ﻿occupation in the pursuit of knowledge truly pointed the way of the friends of our domestic history to them as the chief sources of historical truth; especially Bohemian history of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries began to be the favourite subject of many-sided studies.

middle, prostřed, s.m. century, století, s.n. when, kdyl. truly, právě. position, stav, s.m. language, jazyk, s.m. literature, písemnictví, s.n. melancholy, smutný. time, doba, s.f. new, nový.

awakening, probuzení, verbal noun.

to prepare, připravovati (6th conj.).

fortunate, happy, iiastne'mu. change, obral.

in a conspicuous degree, zna- menitě. Observe usual form of adverb derived from ad- jective.

contribute, napomáhali.

liberal, volný.

spirit, duch.

to arise, or begin, nastali. in the reign, za panování. Joseph, Josef.

Austria, Rakousy, pi. also Rakousko. This name is

referred by Schafarik to that of the tribe Rakaiae, who are mentioned as having dwelt in what was afterwards the duchy of Austria. Cf.

Ptolemy, ii. 11 Kal crvvtxeis avTois (rdíš bai/xois), irapa tov irorafiov ol TfTpaKarplai' Kai oi npos rots Kájnrois 'PaKÚrai

(Schafi, Slavische Allerlhu- mer, ii. 332).

generally, vůbec.

in particular, zvláště.

general, všeobecný.

enlightenment, or education, osvěta, fr. svít, same root as English white.

progress, pokrok (lit. step for- ward); krok, a step; Bul- garian, KpaKB, foot. In most of the Slavonic languages there is only one word for foot and leg, noha.

liberty, svoboda, f., connected with the same root as sibi and suus, and thus signify- ing being one's own pro- perty.