esprit, turn of mind ; manner of composing

9. débit séduisant, attractive^ fascinating manner of reciting (or reading).

10. Hecenas, Macenas, the chief adviser of Augustus ; friend and patron of Horace and Vergil.

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Pa§^ 101. — I. entre la poire et le fromage, fig., at dessert; at the end of the meal when one begins to speak more freely.