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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
Adam
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Albrecht
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all
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
aside
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From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
big
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
bronze-worker
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From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
buildings
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
business
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From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
carved
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carving
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
churches
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
cities
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From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
city
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From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
consist
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From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
curious
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From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
difficult
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From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
Durer
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endless
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From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
fame
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From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
former
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From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
full
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From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
groups
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
grow
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From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
Hans
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From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
impetus
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From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
Kraft
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From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
literally
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From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
live
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
lives
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From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
manufactory
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From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
modern
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From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
new
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From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
Nuremberg
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From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
Other
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From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
past
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From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
Peter
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From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
pictures
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
poet-minstrel
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project
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From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
relics
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From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
reproduced
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
reproducing
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From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
reputation
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From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
Sachs
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From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
said
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From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
sale
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
say
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seems
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From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
sell
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From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
set
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
shoemaker
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From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
shop-windows
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
sorts
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
statues
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
stone
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
stone-mason
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From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
Stoss
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strangers
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From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
streets
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
things
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From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
toys
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From this reading So, literally, the city is full of the memory of them; and the business of the city, aside from its manufactory of endless, curious toys, seems to consist in reproducing them and their immortal works to sell to strangers.
trades
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From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
traffics
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From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
up
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
Viet
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From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
Vischer
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whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The city, as I said, lives upon the memory of what it has been, and trades upon relics of its former fame.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Other cities project new things, and grow with a modern impetus: Nuremberg lives in the past, and traffics on its ancient reputation.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
wood
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From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
works
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From this reading Their statues are set up in the streets; their works still live in the churches and city buildings,--pictures, and groups in stone and wood; and their statues, in all sorts of carving, are reproduced, big and little, in all the shop-windows, for sale.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What it would have been without Albrecht Durer, and Adam Kraft the stone-mason, and Peter Vischer the bronze-worker, and Viet Stoss who carved in wood, and Hans Sachs the shoemaker and poet-minstrel, it is difficult to say.
