tout, everyone

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II. lances ... poignards. The partitive article is often omitted in a list of several nouns.

23. Avalon, a mystic island far to the west, the earthly Paradise of Celtic legend, whither King Arthur departed when mortally wounded. .

24. Thulé, Thule, supposed by the ancients to be a remote island in the northern seas.

Page 76. — 10. qui mordaient. See note on page 66, line 8.

19. le ... poètes, Jean Racine (1639-1699), great French writer of tragedies, whom Anatole France admired profoundly. The quotation is from Andromaque, line 788.