secondée du travail — secondée par le travail

1. 23. îin ministère plus éclairé, i. e. the administration presided over by the Duc de Choiseul, and which the intrigues of Madame du Barry brought to an end in 1770.

1. 29. impôts en parti, taxes farmed to financiers called pa^-tisans, who after making themselves responsible for certain sums, took the chance of whatever profit they might realize.