Test égal. — It is ail the same, or no matter

11. Petite mar^ndse. — Marquis, marquise, since the à&ys of Molière, is applied familiarly to persons who overdo nobility, or who affect extrava^nt manners. Il fait le marquis corresponds pretty nearly to the Ëndish expression ** He puts on airs."

12. Cimarosa. — A celebrated Italian composer, who died in 1801. 18. Il s'agit de vos Jours. — Your life is at stake. Compare the

Latin agùur in such phrases as Non nunc pecwnia sed iHud agitur qwymfh do, etc. Terence.

14. Pourref éBoNe» qm iCen pemoaA maU, — Poor fellows, wlio canDOt help thernselves. In ine expression n*en pouvoir maUj not to be able to help it, ihe etymology of mais, trom the Latin magie, U apparent; also in uie old expression, mais de cent, more than a hnndred.

16. Place Beliecour, atLyons; one of the largest squares in Eorope. It covers fifteen acres of gronnd.