Translation for "miserable condition" to german
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It was only Epicurus, Lucretius wrote, who could cure the miserable condition of the man who, bored to death at home, rushes off frantically to his country villa only to find that he is just as oppressed in spirit.
Er allein, so heißt es in Lukrez’ Gedicht, konnte den miserablen Zustand eines Mannes lindern, der, zuhause zu Tode gelangweilt, verzweifelt das Weite sucht, auf seinen Landsitz eilt, nur um festzustellen, dass sein Geist dort auch nicht weniger bedrückt ist.
Although the roads were in miserable condition, they travelled the sixty-four miles to Montpellier in just under two days, for despite his advanced age, the marquis would not be denied his right personally to whip both driver and horses and to lend a hand whenever, as frequently happened, an axle or spring broke – so excited was he by his find, so eager to present it to an educated audience as soon as possible.
Obwohl sich die Straßen in einem miserablen Zustand befanden, schafften sie die vierundsechzig Meilen nach Montpellier in knapp zwei Tagen, denn der Marquis ließ es sich trotz seines vorgeschrittenen Alters nicht nehmen, persönlich auf Kutscher und Pferde einzupeitschen und bei mehreren Deichsel- und Federbrüchen selbst mit Hand anzulegen;
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