routine. —‘Way of looking at things

1. 34. cherchant fortune de ses chimères. —‘* Trying to make capital out of his chimeras.”

Page 19, line 6. s'était expliqué, etc.—" Had expressed himself formally in this matter, in à passage which they quoted in opposition to Columbus.” See Gram., $ 175.

1. 8. rien.—The origin of the French negatives rien, pas, etc., is very interesting. They were all positive words to begin with, and were merely added to the negative ne to strengthen it :-—me du rien, “not , . . anything,’ne , , , pas‘‘not . . . astep” etc., but to-day they are the real negatives, so much 80 that often in conversation the ne before the verb is often omitted. However in interrogative phrases rien recovers its original meaning of “anything,” as in this present case : ‘‘ Las there anything so absurd?” See also page 24, line 20.

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L 10. en.—There are only a few expressions in which en is used with the article. See Gram., $ 614,

L 11, est à l'envers." Is reversed.”

1 13, 6/ avait taxé.—*" He had called the merebeliefin . ,. a sin.”

1 20. Insert eat between #/ and dit,

L 21. devait être, —‘ Must be.”

L 23. qui n'excluait pas la nature. Which did not overlook the facts of nature,”