allez: cf. note, P

6. onis here used in the sense of je, Ex.—;/ Y à longtemps qu'on ME VOUS a vu, ie, que je ne vous ai vu. Cf. p. 61, 22.

» 8. vienne: the subjunctive is used in this and similar sentences because there is à doubt in the speaker's mind as to whether he will live to see the day come. Cf. the Provincial English ‘come Michaelmas.' lienne la Toussaint is equivalent to guand la Toussaint arrivera.

la Toussaint : ie, / fête de tous Les saints, il Saints’ Day, which falls on the 1st of November, Names ; feast-days are always feminine, because the word /é£e is un.erstood, Toussaint is incorrect, the spelling should be Toussaints, and the Word was formerly correctly spelt with an s at the end.

18. Enfants - Trouvés : used elliptically for ‘l'Hospice des Enfants - Trouvés,' the Foundling Hospital. The first Foundling Hospital was established in Paris by Saint Vincent

de Paul in 1648. See note on Saint Vincent de Paul, p. 13 1. 22.

25. Voilà qui: elliptical for vo5/à quelque chose qui. 26. un soldat .. on le flanque : trans. ‘as for a soldier,” etc.

du moins, ‘at least," ‘at any rate," is especially used to qualify a statemert, {x moëns, ‘at least’ implies degree, quantity, or intensity. Ex, — il est très riche, du moins je le crois.

SÈ vous ne Voules pas être Pour lui, au moins ne soyez pas contre.

Du moins may, however, be sometimes used for ax moins.

Invalides : the : Hôtel des Invalides,’ a great establishment in Paris on the left bank of the Seine, which provides a home for disabled or infirm soldiers, was founded by Louis XIV. in 1671 under the administration of Colbert, and afterwards restored by Napoléon I. Beneath the Dôme of the Eglise des Invalides is an open crypt, in which in 1840 Was placed the tomb of Napoiéon,.

33. 11. le sublime lancier de Leipsick : see note, p. 26 1, ra.

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33. 12. un trépas, : death,' ‘ decease,' is used in poetical style, and conveys with it the idea of passing from one life to the next. Hence it is Properiy used only of persons. A/ort simply refers to the cessation of life, and can be applied on all occasions, and to animals, trees, etc., as well as to persons,

» 26. pas assez riche : i.e, je ne suis pas assez riche,

» 29. feu, meaning : late,’ agrees with its noun when it follows the article, but remains invariable when it precedes it, Ex.—/ feue reine ; feu la reine. Feu La reine is used if there is no

n 1! queen living; /a feue reine if she has been succeeded by

another. Z*4 can only be used of Contemporaries, except in burlesque.

Bésigue : éésigue is wrongly personified, according to the

| impression that it was invented by a man of that name,

| of which there appears to be no proof. Bezique is a cardgame for two, three, or four players. The object of the game is to win the aces, tens, and certain other cards, which when declared entitle the player to score a certain number of points. The captair. evidently betted on the result.

34 2. ça me connaît : familiar for used to that,’ ‘it is quite fa P 17} 6,

fl » 5. toutes deux : grammarians have tried to establish a dishi tinction between fous deux and tous les deux, saying that the \ former meant ‘ both together,’ and the latter merely ‘ both,’ one after the other, or separately and independently ; but in actual speech no such distinction is maintained, Cf. P. SL 27 fous Les deux.

la main : notice, besides the article instead o adjective, the singular instead of the plural, » 18. c'ent dit, ‘it is all settled,' ‘it js quite decided.’

qu'elie ait : this is the subjunctive of command, Cf. P. 57 L 5 qu'elle descende.

» 24. il faudra, ‘ one will hav- to," i.e. ‘ I shall have to.’

bocks : bock-beer is a double-strong variety of German beer,

Sweeter and darker than the ordinary kinds, and more

intoxicating. Bock-bier is Eimbeckisch Bier (beer from Einbeck, or Eimbeck, a town in Prussia),

» 26. il n’y a pas à dire:

‘without any doubt.'

Je connais bien cela, ‘I am well miliar to me.’ For fa cf. note,

f the possessive

transl. ‘there is no mistake about it,’ or

or other part

apñorically for the habitual

&uests or supporters of a tavern. Transl. ‘pillars,

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356. 4. combien n'avait-il pas . . : observe the redundant use of