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10. Angélus, a form of prayerin which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and night, atthe sound of a bell.

24. Champs £lysées, the famous avenue at Paris, leading from the Place de la Concorde to the A rc-de- Triomphe,

27. rond-point, an open place from which many streets radiate; the one mentioned hère is at the upper end of the Champs Elysées, and is marked by the Arc-de-Triomphe.

107. — 2. Arc-de-Triomphe, built tocommemorate the victories of Napoléon I.

8. premier Empire, that of Napoléon, who was crowned Emperor in 1804, and compelled to abdicate in 1814. vieil entêté de, old man infatuatçd with.

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