J^aime à le croire. — I am delighted to hear it

52. Je suis fait comme un manant. — I am dressed like a rustic

53. Chat. — t.e., châieauj as, a few lines fiirther, V£ncyclqp is for TEncyclopédie.

54. Le Michaud. — The definite article prefîxed to Moper names indicated contempt, except in a few Italian names ; as Lie Tasse^ Tasso.

66. Ils rient à gorge déployée. — They laugh loud aud heartily.

56. Cela oblige. — That imposes obbgations. The proverbial expression is ** Noblesse oblige.**

67. Coblence. — Coblentz was the beadquarters of the Emigrés^ or nobles who fled fxom France during the Révolution.

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