(Roman) Catholic religion, but the carelessness of his disposi- tion did not allow him to labour heartily for the progress of the (Roman) Catholic Church, nor actively to prevent the further spread of Protestantism. And so in religious matters Bohemia remained for a long time in her previous condition.
to be equal, rovnati se (add negative to verb).
gift, nadaní; use noun in sin- gular.
mind, spirit, duch, s.m.
neither—nor, ani—ani.
grandfather, did.
although, ačkoliv.
he was twenty-four years old; translate, ' to him was (bylo, neut.) twenty-four of years.'
at most (lit. at first), leprv.
to be, bývali (iterative aspect of bytí).
already, then, jiS, tehdáž.
dilatory, váhavý.
melancholy, Irudnomyslý (trud —mysl).
unwillingly, nevad.
to occupy oneself, zandleti se.
affair, záležitost'. The termi- nation of the instr. plur. in -mi is one of the charac- teristics in which Bohemian is nearer to Old Slavonic than Russian; the latter has only a few of these forms.
government, direction, zprava. State, belonging to, státní, adj. predecessor, pfedce. to abandon, zanechávali. recreation, favourite pursuit,
zalíbení. scientific, vldecký. artistic, umělecký. to amuse or occupy oneself,
bavili. Cf. Russ. 3a-6aB.TCHie.
In the original, for emphasis,
/ is added to the past tense
of the verb, chemistry, chemie. astronomy, hvězdářství (from
hvlzda, a stár; Russ. SBfejia). painting, malování (from Ger.
malen; Ge-mdlde). sculpture, řezání. to make, lay the foundations
of, založili. great, veliký.
collection, sbírka, s.f. (fr.sbírali, to collect; brali, see 5th conj. of verbs ; same as Lat. fero, and used very widely. Cf. Russ. co-Copt, a cathe- dral; coCpaHie, a collection).
