le cha7npêtre espoir, the promise of the fields

1. 29. rnéco7tnu in the singular to agrée with the collective noun

P. 68, 1. 13. d'îin atitique iuodcrne, a phrase untranslaieable from its brevity, meaning a man of modem times who reproduced the spirit of the ancients. The allusion is to M. Necker.

1. 1 5. trahi, &^c. ; the govemment of Louis XVI displayed persistent ingratitude towards Necker. His first ministry, during which he published his famous "Compte Rendu," or Budget, lasted from 1777 to 1781, when he was forced to resign. Recalled in August 1788, he did his best to stave off the financial ruin which was the immédiate cause of the Révolution, and sacrificed in the effort much of his private fortune. He was however again dismissed in July 1789, and his dismissal was the signal for the first outbreak of revolutionary violence. He was recalled a second time in August 1789, but gradually lost ail influence, and finally resigned in Sept. 1790, after which he lived at Coppet tillhis death in 1804.