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29 13 — "Die, for dise. Voltaire finds fault with "Une bonne nouvelle," which is an expression fit for comedy only, and vvishes Corneille hadavoided it by saying : —

Ah ! ma sœur, apprenez une heureuse nouvelle !

29 25 — Étages : Degrees. — Etym., éta^e, formerly spelt estage, and in Provençal estatge, comes from the Low Lat. staticuni, found in Merovingian Acts, derived from status ; staticum (properly the place where one establishes oneself), indicates the state or order of the rooms of a house. This passage is in opposition to the old proverb, vox populi, vox Dei.

rage 30 Une 7— Qui, yï';' celui qui.

30 S — Sur ce qui, yîjr sur ce qu'il.

30 9 — Souffrons, for permettons-nous, livrons-nous à,

abandonnons-nous à : Let us indulge in.

30 17 — Comme tout se passe: Hovv things are going on.

{Passer, to pass, from Low Lat. passare, from fassiim, supine oî paitdcre, to open.)