I.' d, ouvrait

Tn beginning tliis letter 1 feel the greaieBi embarrassiiuiit. Y on would tli.it my brother and I should jiistit'y (subi.) onr» tvea for a faull of whioh we are in

ignorai (verbe). ïoa allège thaï we offended yon

by certain statements which arc repeated everywhere, but vrhich you do nut qnote. We must entreat you

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to name to us the calumniator wlio has employée! his efforts to blacken (noircir, à) us in your eyes. I appeal to your justice, and hope with certainty that you will no longer conceal from us the cause of your anger. You know, Sir, that I hâte ealumny, how could you then believe, you to whose benevolence I owe ail that I am, not only that I should pay you with (de) the blackest ingratitude, but that I should even eniploy falsehood to dishonor a man who deserves the esteem and respect of ail the world ? No, it is impossible that you should believe it — that you ever hâve believed it. You will reject the suspicion (qui on vous a) suggested to you against my brother and myself, and by naming to us the enemy who has abused your credulity, and the crime of which he has accused us, you will give us the opportunity to confound the slanderer and to bring our innocence to light.

To feel, éprouver ;

To offend,, outrager ;

To conceal* celer.

Thèmes sur les verbes passifs.

Prince Edward was the son of the prince who was called the " Pretender." It is generaily known that his great-grandfather had been condemned to death by his own subjects, and that his grandfather had been dethroned. This descendant of so many kings lived in Eome, and was filled with the désire to remount the (sur le) throne of his fathers. Already in the year 1742 he was called to France, and a descent upon (en) England would certainly hâve been attempted if any favorable opportunity had offered itself. But the vicissitudes of the gênerai war soon caused him to be lost sight of. One day he was conversing with the Cardinal de Tencin, who said to him : " Hâve you never indulged (être rempli de) the hope that a landing in the north of Scotland might be effected

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[opérer) ? Be assured tliat by your présence onlj, an army of faithful partisans coula easily be i'ormed ; and as soon as I shall be assured of tliis iirst saccess, help in troops (des troupes auxiliaires) and inoney will be sent to you firom this country. If you skould be favored by fortune at tlie beginning of yonr enterprise, tins help would be seeured to you. ' Tins rash advice p1ea8ed Edward, and liis décision was taken directly. After having been bo long followed by misfortune, ne sei» d witli pleasure tlu< only means which still offered him an appearanoe of hope. Hisplan was at nrst only confided t<> seven officers who had (depuis) long been devoted to his person, and who, after having been duly instructed, promised him t<> remain faithful to tho la-t. A frigate of < i i^l 1 1 « « -n gunswas bought, and tho prince embarked witn his seven officers, having fox tliis gréai enterprise only eighteen hundred Bwords, twelve hundred tnuskets, and about forty-eighl thousand francs. The Erigate was escorted by the Elisabeth, which had I >«•» n equipped by a Bhip-ownerof

jhinkirk, as \\;i^ th. n oftéo tlu> case in naval warfaiv.

The prince landed safely (heureusement) in Sootland,

ami tnis first Buccess inspired him with hopes, which

afterward cruelly disappointed (tromper).

randfkther, biêdl

DeToted, <iti,i

w DCT, itrnmti '//•.

Thèmes sur l'emploi des auxiliaires dans les verbes intransitifs.

Having ofben bravelled in France, and having resided there Beveral yea-s, I am perhaps

able t<> give you a ju^t îdea of thaï coimtry and its inhabitanta I know thaï mani English, wli<> hâve passed froBi Dover to Calais, wno hâve perhaps penetrated à a fow miles into the country, or who bave ut the furthest gouo (couru) to Paris, alïow thcmsolves

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to form most singular opinions (jugement) of the French nation. As soon as they hâve landed, they begin te be discontented with (de) everything they find différent from what they hâve known (voir) in England. Bnt how could it be otherwise? They hâve grown up with certain préjudices against their neighbors — ■ thèse prejiidices hâve strengthened with their years, and at last it is impossible to efface them entirely. This weakness, common to many an Englishman, has not escaped my notice (me), and has sometimes been carried so far as to render many of my countrymen ridiculous. Pardon me this word, which has escaped me almost unconsciously, and excuse my sincerity, which, I know, always pleases you. You are, in truth, an Englishnian also, but you hâve never ceased to be impartial ; and besides, hâve we nôt agreed (convenir) always to tell each other only the truth?

It is otherwise, il en est autrement.

Thèmes sur les verbes pronominaux.

In ail the preceding wars Pompey had distinguished himself so much, that ail eyes were now turned toward him. After having raised himself to the dignity of gênerai, he had always been victorious, and made himself illustrious in the three quarters (parties) of the world. Ile seldom appeared in public, and when he showed himself to the people, he caused (faire) himself to be always followed by a crowd of partisans, who by their numbers were like the court of a prince. Having accustomed himself from (dès) his youth to reign, he could not accommodate himself to the simplicity of private life. His habits were pure, the praise of his modération was heard everywhere ; he was never accused of cupidity, and in the honors he had sought, he aimed less at the power which is inséparable from them, than at the glory with which he

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would hâve seen himself surrounded, if lie alone had been their possessor. He felt liimself offended by every compétition, and it Beemed as if lie wislied to be the only gênerai of the republic, whilst lie ought to hâve been contented to be the first. Ho had matle liimself by tins niany enemies, amongst whorn Ca MSftf vas afterward the most dangerous. The one would hâve no equals, the other could endure no supearior.

To aim, rccJicrcltcr q. q. c.

OhABLES V. AND THE YOUNG MOXK OF THE CLOISTER Oï St. Jrsr.

Chaules.— TVrll (ottou), m y farother, it is time to Thon didst Lr" to aléep yesterday m good tim»>, thon mnst alsû BWlke in good time. We must show onraelvea sealons in oui youth.

The konk. When would vou hâve me Bleep, if not whilsl I .un yonng? Bleep agrées very well with piety (ferth

Chaules. — Wben one ie acenatomed to get up in good time, one is bood awake.

The konk. —Tes, when one is aa old as yonr majesty ; but at mv âge one oan aleep standing.

Ciivi.ii-. \v. Il, mv biother, it is proper for (à) people <>f mv âge to awake • Laêy youtn.

The konk. Aftt-r baving etideavored bo long a time

to disturl» the peaee of the whole worid, can von not

Leave me ko mine? Do yon only riee so early to Und

\ Longer? Confeaa it openly, vou are annoved

to hâve nothing to do hère, but tb l'iav 1 1 • > i God, to

wind u|> yow watchea, and awake poor novices, wha are not the onnee of coupabi d* yonr ennui

Chablbb. — 1 hâve hère twelve servants, wliom I i eeerved lor Eayseli

Thb monk. — Can vou oonverse with them? Hâve yon *vt r iittmnptcd | i'amaar) to complaiu of this sad solitude?

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Charles. — I Tiave an animal pension of one hundred thousand crowns (écu).

The monk. — Baclly enough paid. The king, your son, has seldom been in a hurry (s'empresser) to pay his debts punctually.

Charles. — It is true that one quickly forgets those who hâve given up their power and station (se dépouiller et s'abaisser).

The monk. — Did you not expect it, when you qnitted the world ?

Charles. — I see well that things could not hâve been otherwise (devoir se passer ainsi).

The monk. — If you had expected this, why do you wonder to see it corne to pass? Keep to (s'en tenir) your first plan, renounce ail, forget ail, rest and let others rest also.

Charles. — If only my son would hâve been advised, he would perhaps hâve taken Paris after the battle of St. Quentin ; but no, every thing gets worse, everything falls to destruction. He reigns badly, he neglects my advice (pi.) and despises the faithful servants whom I employed (se servir).

The monk. — Since you hâve separated yourself from the rest of the world, to live in peace, keep to this (y), whatever may happen. Do not let your happiness dépend on the wars winch disturb the world. But say the truth, you did not know (what) solitude (was), when you sought it, and you did not expect {s'attendre à) such weariness.

Charles. — Ah ! my poor young man, thou speakest only too truly, and God grant that thou mayest not like me hâve deceived thyself, in leaving the world foi this novitiate.

In goo'd time, de tonne heure, de Ion matin ;

To agrée, Raccorder ;

To -wind up, remonter;

To ride, se promener (à clievcil) ;

To expect, $ attendre à;

God grant, Dieu veuille;

To deceive one's self, se mécompter.

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Thèmes sur les verbes impersonnels. .

Why must men complain of everything ? Must we uot fulfil our duties on this eartli beforc we ara rewarded in heaven? Hâve not our fathera been obliged t«» support the Bame trials, and is it not an onavoidable condition of human existence? We must oertainly confess it, life is full of suffering (pZ.); we must watcfa and strive to resist ail the temptationa which are contdnually offered to us. We must work to gain our daily (quotidien) bread — but Bhallweoall th.it a misfortune? Can we believe tli.it we should du notaing to lie. happy? A.ak those who do not refuse anything t<> their passions, whether their weakr neaa makes them happy? Ask the dissipated men t/eur, y/.i, who want ten times as much fora meaJ as a tnoderate man — ask them if there romains aotbing for theni to wish ; if tbey (dai.) hâve (rester,

n.it uants lli.it tlicv caiiiint satisfy with ail

tbeir riches? li we bad (falloir) t<> support their Buffering and remorse ï'<r a single day, we snonld ooa<* gratulate ourselvea afterward that (de a gue)wehave bad i" live in tli<- midsi of privations, because we still ace conacioo i conscience) of having

employed our beat efforts | faire tous nos efforts) in tliu fulnlmi nt of «mu- diffîoult dutiea

i jVlirt'f, r.

i\ évente feook place in the reign <>f Louis the Foorteenth. I ogive already lovetl you (imp rs.) Eoriy

«erote Voltaire t«> the marchai de Ricuelieu, ancl 1 hâve scarcely bad the happiness of passins forty days with you. It i- time to Bpeak tue truth, said Thomas, mankind bave been flattering thexuighty for (U y a) 2,000 years. -Ifever you Bave an bouest man trom d< -l'ait-, you will feel tli.it there are moments which compensate (for) many years of Buffering. There bave at (dans) ail times been men who bava

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known how to rule others by their éloquence. — If there are bitter days in life, tliere are some that are very sweet. — In civil wars great men are often forrned. — According to (au dire de) the booksellers, niany more books are sold in Norway than in Denmark. — In civil war tliere is no higher glory tlian to put an end to it. — Notwithstanding the prevailing luxury, tliere are yet many persons who hâve preserved the simplicity of our fathers. — There were no heirs found to take possession of this great inheritance. — There are always some unhappy persons who corne to the castle, and there is seldom one who goes away (sortir) without being comforted. — There are many men who complain of their bad memory ; but there are few who complain of their intelligence. — Thirty years ago the Greeks were still the slaves of the Turks. — The day before the feast they were still very anxious (about) the weather ; it rained, it lightened, it thundered, and there was a violent wind — in short (enfin), it was a complète storm ; but the following day the weather was beautiful, the clouds dispersed, and by (vers) noon it was even too hot.

To be sold, se vendre ;

To put an end, terminer;

The prevailing luxmy, les progrès du luxe.

Thèmes sur les verbes irréguliers.

Having myself suffered what you are now suffering, I can well appreciate the bitterness of your grief. Oh ! if I could offer you consolation (pi.), with what pleasure would I do so, but I hâve, unhappily, learned by the same misfortune that words are insufficient to allay your grief. I wrote to you last week, and I also added to my letter some lines for your wife, whom I believed to be in good health ; and this I did at the moment when death was breaking (rompre) the

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ties whicli bad united you. How can I describe to you niy paiuful surprise wben your letter reached me [parvenir)! I feared first for you, for your health ; kuowing well tbat nothing iu tbis worid Avould be able to console you. I sat down directW to Write to you, but I could not ; aud only now î feel strong enough to addresa a few bues to you; not tbat I infcead to console you (snbj. />r.), but to weep witii you. A KoflB like youis rends the heart, and destroys ail oui- plans and ail our hopes ; it leaves a dreadrol void in lit'c, which no longer atïords us anything upon whicfa to tix our affections. I hâve already experienced (apprendre à oonnaUre) ail tins; and, according to the vicissitudes of lit'c, it is now you who experience this mournful trial (faire une triste expérience). Jnit being ail moite) (pL\ we ought to snbmit to me will of GkxL llow misérable tbis fife wouldappear, il fchere did not remain tin- trust in a Being who fails not (infaiMbte) ; in whoee mercy man can ('h voir) take reloge (avoi ! We ought fjauoir) not to

vreep over thoee who are dead, when wo know {part. pr.) they are in Ilis handL

Tli- Italien*.

Hoi;MID.\s 10 III* BEYOUFED BUBJBOIB.

Witaeaaea and causes of my aufferingsl You soo your king (as) your priaoner. 1 read now only scorn in looks in which formerly regard and eateem (art.dêf.) were depicted. Till this day, belovod and f<

in brilliant purple, seated on a glorioua tnrone, and now fallen rrom my heigfat, eovered with Uk i diahonor, redneed t<» the mosi dreadrul miaery, I anaU die in chaîna if I cannot obtain justice. Whai do yoo résolve (upon)? 1 am odioua to you, and you beliere tb.it 1 nave desenred this ahamefnj treatmenl ; but t. -11 me, whal crimes had mj I

tlnrs commit tcd.who transmit tcd to t lit il- poaterity the which they had acquired by ininiortal exploits?

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Their spirits are revolted at tlie siglit of the insults which I hâve suffered, which I still suffer. Know that even my ancestors are touched (atteindre), and that monarciis, who hâve lived for your honor and glory, and many of whom hâve died honorably on the field of battle, are in their (very) graves moved with indignation and sorrow.

But if you keep the voice of justice and pity silent — if unfaithfulness is more to you (prévaloir sur) than law — at least listen (impérat. de vouloir écouter) to your prince, in whose heart lives an unalterable love for Persia.

Now only, ne . . . plus que ;

To fall, déchoir ;

Keep silent, faire taire.

Satraps and noble lords ! You sustain with (de) your hands the pillars of the most powerful, of the most ancient, empire of the world; but how long (combien de temps) will you (be able to) keep them upright? The revolt has already shaken them ; and as long as (tant que) it is not suppressed (vaincre) you will see them near their fall, till they break dowD (se briser) at length without your ever being able (pouvoir, subj.) to restore them. If this great édifice is not sustained by you, you will be in danger of being buried in its fall ; and what will become of your power, when ail obédience shall be destroyed ? Will you be able to say that you are powerful, when the ground shakes under your feet ? Revoit breaks the chain which connects the prince with (aller du prince au) the least of his subjects. A ship must be wreeked, if ail the sailors at once will be pilots, and take orders only from their caprice. A violent storm, risen (naître) in the midst of this danger, shakes Persia ; the danger increases (à) every instant, and you would now dethrone your king ! Must, then, ail evils at once befall (assaillir) my poor country ? Never was a chief more necessary to you than now. May at least those wise and noble kings, whose memory shall never die

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(away) amongst the Persians, be restored to you in the persou of iny son. I, too, made it (mettre) my glory to (à) follow their footsteps. That is sufficient for me. I am now silent, and I consent to forget myself ; it is jours to take a résolution of w hich you will never bave to repent (fml>j.)

To be buried, être enaeveU ;

Bu wiecked, faire naufrage;

At onci', j'"i* ;

To dt'throue, se défaire {(Vun roi);

Footsteps, trace*.

Thèmes sur l'accord du verbe avec son sujet.

My deax Pauline !

Your (lu) .uiiii, who arrived yesterday, lias ^iven us good news of you {toi). You (tu) eau easily imagine what pleasure I felt, I, who hâve always so much Bolioitude for my ohildren, when I heard that you fulril your dutiee conscientionsry, and that the testimonies which your mastera hâve given you arc favorable. You know, my deai daughter, that your rather and [ hâve not shuiiu. devant) tne greatest sacfl-

M order that (afin qm i you, who will one day hâve to provide for your wants, maybe able to occupy a situation as (dt > governess, as your sister lias alreadydone; for Qeither you nor ahe can hope to hâve tne long aèar you. I (eé\ that my old complaint and m\ weagness inorease daily, particularly aince the death of your worthy fafher, wnoae loss I still mourn. AU those who Lin w hiui regret it still; but we, who knew : is good qualitdes and warm affection,

feeï more than any one how much he deserved thé rbody. May his virtues continue to etnvre) in you, that, when God shall cal! me baclt to Him, I may die witb the sweet consciouaness that you and your sister may hereafter show that hia example bas brought forth good l'ruit in you.

To provide fur,

Hercal un

Accord du verbe avec son sujet. Ï5

Thèmes sur l'accord du verbe avec son sujet.

It is vanity and ambition that cause us the most vexation. — Art thou, asked Minos, that Alexander who devastated the world ? Tes, answered he, I am that Alexander, who was feared like a god on earth, and who now sees clearly that ail mortals are equal. — Thou or I shall die, said Damon to Pythias ; hve for thy wif e and thy children ; it is I who will sacrifice myself. — It is not our riches (pi.) that will relieve our sufferings in the moment of death ; but the remembrance of our good works (œuvres). — "Who would take care of an old sickly father, if his children would not (ce n'est) ? — How beautiful is the aspect of renewed (renaissant) nature ! Could it be possible that I should be the only one who finds (prendre) pleasure in admhs ing it ? — The crowd of courtiers who surrounded the emperor did no-t allow him to see the sufferings of his people, and a great number of unhappy persons who sought to approach him, to obtain justice, were thrust away by those despicable men. — An army of Gauls penetrated into Italy, and câptured even the city of Rome, but, although so numerous, they did not succeed in taking the Capitol. — Whatever Kousseau may say, the greatest number (la plupart) of travellers agrée in the opinion (s'accordent à dire) that barbarous nations are more unhappy than civilized people. — More than half of the troops who would hâve passed the Berezina perished in that river. The greater part threw themselves into the stream, and were not able to reach the shore.

Vexation, désagrément;

Relieve, adoucir.

The reserve, the modesty of Turenne, struck ail who had seen how (que) his courage, his intrepidity in battle (pi.), overcame (surmonter) every obstacle. — « Neither high nor low, rich nor poor, can escape death.

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We may very well compare Molière and Racine, both VatUre) had a profonnd knowledgeof tlie humai) h' "lit. — Truth, like light, is immutable and eternaL The niiiid, like the body, develops its strength only by exercise. — Augustus or Louis shall receiTe fche first . uevertheless neither of themcould take the primate lessona whîch most of fche scholars bave had. — - [gnorance or error may be (servir de) an excuse for înany a l'ault. — -A greeting, a Word, a smile, ought tu eonciliate disonifcea friends. — The Baron F. or tlio l sillor X. will acoompany the prince as secretary. The orator, fche poet, in one word the men of genins, oee Erom townsand Beek th." gréai scènes of nature.— More fchan one brave Boldier lias paid with (de) hia Life (for) a alight finit of fche général. — The mùdness, fche benignity | if Senry IV. hâve been

praised by ail historians, but unfortunately lus i\\w\ness, bis détermination, in resisting certain passions, did n t oom Bpond with fchem

Ni-'nlnT of ih.ni, niTuit ni Cuutrf ;

ru,.

Récapitulation.

(Louù IX. ' laoed urith (de) dealh by ///>■ Sultan <>/ pt) to hia son.)

It is thon, my |pn, who Bpeakest fco me; T know by fchy words. Thy courage, fchy bravery, find nofching impossible; my people honor tli<->.' virtues in fchee; bat France,a8well as fchy father, < more Erom fchee. Thon will soon be king; it is fclion who will beat fche heavy burden of fche sceptre. m\ tasl advice aud my la^t prayer cngrave thcumelves upon [danx) th\ h- .ut. Consider tliat many n danger i threatening fchee ; avoid them, my son, and add

Du r'egiine. *\ 1

to the little good which I hâve accomplished that which I could not do.

Thou knowest thy duties to thy mother ; thou seest how far her love, her tenderness for us, has led lier j it is thou who must console her, when I am (fut) no more. Honor thy grandmother ; my people, whom she has governed with wisdom during my absence, and I, particularly, owe much to her. France, ail Europe, admires her virtues and her intellect (esprit) ; banish from thy court the crowd of flatterers that besiege the ear of the king. It is the flatterer and the impious that hâve destroyed so many princes. It is those thou must fly from, above ail. Respect the rights of the Pope ; but if he would impose on thee an unjust war, resist him, and be a Christian without ceasing to be a king. Permit the poor, the oppressed, every one of thy subjects, to approach thee without fear. Hâve compassion on their sufferings, be proud of their love ; in one word, live for thy people, and not for thy court ; by making them happy, thou shalt be so thyself.

Without fear, sans alarmes ;

To hâve compassion, compatir à.

Thèmes sur l'emploi des régimes.

Give your hand to this child or it will f ail. — Alexander gave back to Porus ail that he had taken from him. — How could you write so offensive a letter to a friend, without having certain proofs of his alleged fault? — The Marquis de Feuquières implored Louis XIV. to pardon at least to his son, the faults which he himself wished to expiate with (de) his blood. — It is to you, Sir, that I address myseif to claim a service from your friend ship, on wliich (dont) my future happiness dépends ; it is from you alone that I expect it. — I hâve never seen you, nor spoken to you for many

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years, it is true ; but I flatter myself that you hâve not forgotten nie, and I know that you seek and use every opportuuity of doing good. — Spain could not hâve îvsistt'd alone the power of tbe emperor. — Philip II. had an idéal of kinglv power, aceoroing to whicb, men had no value exeept as the seivile instruments of his arbitrary wiil ; lus despotic pride was oil'ended by every expression that seenied a little too free.

To use, vu ttrr à pr»jU ;

JI il no value, n'<u;n, i,t </< caUurque;

Alli-t-d, prétendu.

Thèmes sur l'emploie des régimes.

T was very glad t.» receiye yotur Ietter. I hâve read witfa Binoere pleasure the work of oui friend, of which joo tuade ineiitidii. and which you su earnestly recoin-

lueiided tO lue. The autlior him>eli' was hère last

week. I bave heard biio read some of his most beautii'ul poems, and I madehim repeal Beveral over again, go oharming did I find them. 1 hâve even heard many {bien des gens) praise them who are nol in tho lei-t tua Erienda ; amongat « > 1 1 1 * ira the fcwo brothers N.f to whom I gave them to read, ooncealing from them,

at first, the naine of the author, whieh WOUld, perhaps,

h i\e made them give (porter) another iuagment; \. heu 1 Loiormed them (fairt • ! it. I aaw

them ezpn Ba gréai astoniahment. 1 may add t»> tins teatimony, bo aattejdng for oui Eriend, that of aérera] hterary peraona wli'i are good connoisseurs. They ail as to the author's uigh nu rit. ïbu wfll enioy, 1 am sure, aa I do, the pleasure which thia brilliant sa w ill cause ou Eriend.

Appocoaoh, iiiv cliihlreii, sui.l fifithridatea t" nia Booft

1 wiil rather iuiVum you of my plans uud request youi

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ad vice (vous demander conseil), than undertake so difficult a task alone. I believe you may be useful to me. I confess that I was mistaken ; I thought it easy to vanquish the Bomans, I dared to attack them, and I was defeated. It would, perhaps, hâve been glorious to die for our country ; but, to avenge it, I pref erred to save my life ; — so I fled, but I shah no longer wait to efface that ignominy. I am anxious to meet our proud enemy again, and I request you to assist me in that enterprise. You aslç for victory, and you hâve determined not to rest until (avant que) the last Roman shall be (subj.) expelled from the country. It is not hère that I think of fighting against the enemy, but (cest) in Borne itself ; in that rich Italy which seems to wish to reduce (courber) every other nation under its yoke. (It is) thither we ought to march; it is with this bold design that we must commence a war, which, if ail the signs do not deceiye me, will terminate with the ruin of our irreconcilable enemies.

(It is) thither, c'est là.

Récapitulation.

(Marius in the marshes near (de) Miturnes.)

Nature seems to hâve conspired with Borne for the destruction of a single man. I désire in vain to cross the sea ; it drives me back, and the earth itself refuses to bear me (porter). I ask the night to lend me her darkness ; but a storm breaks out, the lightning flashes, and reveals to the world that Marius has fled. Heaven wills that my misery shall equal the astonishing prosperity which preceded it ; and will make posterity wonder as much at my présent misfortunes as at my former triumphs. I shall not go further. I will not survive my power — it is not to-day only that I hâve braved death. Shall I ask a glorious death from the gods ? Forty years of battle spare me that

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trouble ; I do not want it to be immortal. By dying far froin Kome, whicb I bave seryed for so long a time, I shall punisb ber for (dé) ber ingratitude. It bas denied me as its son ; I avenge myself for tbis by (en) abandoning it to the most urgent dangers. Teutons ! Ciinbri ! Gauls ! unité now, and make Rome repent of my death ! profit by my absence to attack ber ; nobody can belp (secourir) ber, now tbat my arm fails ber.

Whai do I aay? Who will anawer me for Sylla? AVill he not take advantage of my death to assume tbe goviTiiim ut ? My despair wonld belp bis pride; he wiulil fiâve thanks to tbe gods for it ; his best biend oonld not serve him better. No; howeyei great may be the sutïerings from whioh deatb would deliver me, I will slniw the world that I ain Marina by (en) daring still t<> live; and however great the miafortnne whicfa may still fall apon me. I cannoi yield (céder) to my enemy; I will live till 1 hâve had the Benate reçoive my sentence — till I bave made Sylla expiate bis crime. 1 will bear my Eate (destinée); 1 will aee whether miafortnne is more immoyable (constant) thau myaetf.

To-daj only, fanfottriPktUj

Belp, seconder.

Thèmes sur l'emploi des modes et des temps de l'indicatif, du conditionnel et de l'impératif.

BonBBean wroto a book, which had no Ebrernnnex

(exempt* > ami will never hâve an imitator.- \'<i\ early (-/, très Ix'iiur heure) this morning 1 went to Mr. 1).

Going up--tairs. I met him just COming doWD (qui <lr-

Bcendaii). Are yon ooming to breakfaat ràthme? be aaid. No, answered 1. 1 only wanted t<> Bpeak a tew worda with yon, bni thie I \\ill do while (en) walking with yon. It Henry the Fonrth had lived twenty y< ara longer, h<' wonld, withont donbt, bave changée! "tbe poiitiea] systom of Europe. — if victory gav.

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thing to Alexander, it is also just to acknowledge that lie did everything to obtain it (remporter.) — How mauy poor are there, wliom one repels as if they were not so ! — If the ground were harder, man could not cultivate it ; if it were softer, it could not bear him. — I will corne to see you to-morrow, if the state of my health permits, but I do not know yet whether I shall be able to spend the whole evening with you. — Testerday they were still uncertain whether the feast could take place (avoir lieu), but to-day there is no doubt about it (en).

Longer, de plus.

If Caesar had not been assassinated, he would hâve accustomed the Romans, as well as Augustus, to his rule, and he would hâve accomplished greater things than the latter. — After the death of Madame de la Sablière, who had received into her house (recueilli chez elle) Lafontaine then without resources, Madame d'Herwart went to him (le trouver). "I hâve just heard, she said, of the misfortune that has befallen you ; you will now be without a home ; I corne to propose to you to live at my house." " It is just what I intended to do," said he, quite candidly. — — Deign to hear me, my royal niaster, said Anne 'Bvllen-(Boiden) to Henry YIIL, let the laws of justice be observed in my cause, do not suffer my accusers to be at the same time my judges ; but whatever may happen, do not believe that I shall confess a fault which I hâve not committed. I can make great sacrifices, but I cannot dishonor my daughter and myself by an untruth. Never flatter yourself with (de) tins unworthy hope. Should I ever be condemned, my innocence will console me, and I shall pray (to) God to pardon you and my enemies.

To live at, s'établir chez ;

Unworthy, indigne.

For (depuis) nine days the two armies had faced one 4*

62 Thèmes.

another at (the distance of) a musket-shot, when count Terzky appeared with a trompeter before the camp of the Allies, to invite gênerai Arnheim to a conférence. He said that Wallenstein had oome to eonolude an eternal peace with the Swedes, that ho intended ro cire satisfaction to every one ; that ail tliis was in lus power, and that if they should hesitat(- in Vienna to rat i t'y it, lie intended to unité with the [dot.) Swedes. — Plato Bays that hope is the dream of a wakine pereon. — Will you take my excuse to your brother-in-law ; he wrote to méat tne beginning of this nionth a lctttT which 1 hâve not yet answered. — 0 prince! do noi let thys.lt' be deceived by flattery and homage : they soon will 1 1 11 thee that thon ait omnipotent, they will t. Il thee that thon art worshipped by the people. Liston: when Nero ]>oi- Boned liis brother they fcold him that he had saved Borne ; when he had shed the blood of his wife, they praised his lore of justice ; when he killed lus own mother, they kissed nia murderous hands and ran to the temple (to) thank (rendn gi\ the gode,

A crow oarried away in his <■!

poisoned méat, which the gardener had provided tor : bis neighbor. !!'■ was jusl aboul to devonr it apon an old oak, when a fox came gliding toward him, and called oui : *' Blessed 1»- thou, ( ) bira of Jupiter !" " For whom dost thon take me?" asked the crow. --" Por whom d<> I take thee?" replied the f"\ ; "ait thou not the mighty eagle who daiïy comest down trom [de la droit* de) Jupiter, upon this oak to feed me'r Why dosi thon bide thyself (dismmuler)? J)o | not see in thy victorious claws the wished Rit finit, which thy god continues to send me thi thee?" The astonished crow reioiced exceeclingly to be taken for an eagle. " I will not, thought he, undeceive the fox." In his stupid generoaityhe let

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his prey fall down, and flew proudly away. The fox laughingly seized the méat, and devoured it with a nialignant joy. But the pleasure was soon changed into pain, the poison began to act and the fox perished.

Stupid, sot ;

To fly away, s'envoler.

Alexander made his entry into Babylon with a state (pomjoe) which surpassed ail that the world had yet seen. To make his name more celebrated than even that of Bacchus himself, he penetrated into India ; but he whom neither déserts, nor rivers, nor mountains could stop, was obliged to yield to his soldiers, who demanded rest. He brought back his army by another way, and subdued ail the nations whom he encountered in his retreat. He retumed to Babylon feared and honored, not like a conqueror but like a god ; but that empire, which he had conquered, did not last longer than his life, which was short. He died at the âge of thirty-three years. without having time to regulate his affairs. But that which was most unhappy was, that he left gênerais whom he had taught to live only for war. He foresaw to what atrocious scènes they would give themselves up, when he should no longer be in the world ; and from the fear that they should contradict him, he dared neither to choose his successor, nor the guardian of his children. But he foretold that his friends would celebrate his funeral with bloody battles. His empire was drvided, his whole house was destroyed, the ancient dominions of his ancestors were allotted to another family.

If he had remained quietly in Macedonia, the grandeur of his empire would not hâve tempted his gênerais, and he could then hâve left to his children the possessions of their fathers. But because he had beeu too powerful, he became the ruin of his house, This was the glorious fruit of so many conquests. To be allotted, échoir en partage.

84 Thunes.

Thèmes sur l'emploi du subjonctif.

(Columbus to the king of Spain.)

I charge Diego Mendez with thèse papers, so that yonr MajVsty may hear what rich gold mines I hâve discovered in Veragna. It would hâve been désirable that I ahould hâve left my brother at the river Berlin ; but Providence lias not permitted that I should fulril 1l1.it plan. It is, however, Bufficient fur me that your Majesty should bave the glory ami the advantage of

the whole, and that tin ■ first COlonj should be estab-

Iished by Borne one more fortunate than the poor Coluinlms. In case Mendez should reach Spain, I do n'it donbt that your RCajesty wil] hear (n'apprenne) with pleasure that I hâve discovered hère a world, tin- LargesJ that bnagmation can depict, or that avarice «■ver lias wishfd for. - -But 1 do no( believe that eithex paper or the language <>f any mortal will be able to d< scribe the Bufferings <>f my body and of my soûl. It is impossible rbrapen to depicl the misery and the dangers <>f my son. of my brother, and of my Erienda. It Lb more than aine months since we lay <>n the uncovered decka of oui shi]>s, wrecked on [•'■hou,' .sur) the eoast The only soldiera who remained healthy, re> voit, d und.r Perças of s.ville; there are only a few who remain Eaithfo] to nu-, and 1 musi still fear that they will booh be taken Erom me by death, becanse they Languish withont medicine and often without Eboa in this anhealthy climate, and 1 am not able to their snffefings whatever 1 may do. I sinoert 1\ regret that their raithfolness haa exposed them to such misery; bnt oeverthelesa I esteem mysell happy that they do honor to the Spanish nams by th.ir aoble enduranoe {consterna I.

Thedeck, le pont;