ainsi, se. by the name "journalism

1. 26. s'en tirent, rid themselves of the effects (of thèse calumnies) : lit. draw themselves out of them.

I. 28. à la portée du vulgaire, ivlthin reach of the common sort of people; a metaphor derived from the distance a gun or other projectile weapon can carry (porter).

1. 31. le Moniteur, the officiai newspaper of France, was founded in 1789 by Pancouckc (1736 — 1798).

P. 35, 1. 5. rintimité,=V\ni\mQ sympathie, the close sympathy ■vvhich proceeds from friendship : i.e. Napoléon has the whole press to speak for him, while his victims are defended only by a few friends.

1. 8. génies infernaux, démons, or spirits of the infernal régions.

1. 18. redit, repeated (by a second person), and so corne to Napoleon's ears.