méchante paillasse ; ' méchant ' is one of those numerous

adjectives whose meauing is affected by their position before

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or ufUr il iioun ; liere, for instance, méchant {virl-rd, bail) means wretchcd, or shnhby. Thus poète méchant, a wickcd {iU-nalurrd) poet ; méchant poète, indiffcrcnt 2)0cf, (poctastei-). Coinj)are also iioto to 1. 12.

26. r>. à la mode, adjectival ])hTa,se—fashio7iablc. Kotice — la mode,

ihefashion, ciistom ; le mode, thc mood, mcthod, form.

miroirs ; looking-glasses of large dimensions, as described hère, are now generally called glaces.

se voyaient ; what auxiliary verb might be used hère in English ?