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Page 23. 1. 3. en était restée là, had stopped short there ; cp. où en sommes-nous restés dans ce livre? how far did we get in this book ?

1. 12. qui admire Molière, Voltaire et Rousseau sur parole, who admires Molière, Voltaire, and Rousseau on the faith of others (for thèse authors, see notes to pp. 95 and 96).

1. 14. ormoire, an example of ' popular ' etymology, the form of a word being altered so as to agrée with its supposed dérivation. An interesting example of popular etymology which was adopted by the language is 'orange,' the o in the first syllable of which is due to the golden colour of the fruit, from which it is supposed to hâve taken its name. The Italian form is arancio. (Cf. the Popular Ls^t. 2)0 mu m aurantium.)

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