cheval de don Quichotte: Rosinante, the horse of Don

Quixote, was niorc likc thc skelcton of a horse than a horse itself. ' Rosinante was admiralily drawn, so lean, lank,

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meagre, drooping, sharp-backed, and raw-boned, as to excite much curiosity and mirth ' {Don Quixotc, Part f. book ii. chapter i. )

7. 21. de France et de Navarre : this expression originated at the time of Henry IV. , who annexed ' basse Navarre ' to the kingdom of France, and called himself Roi de France et de Navarre on Iiis advent to the throne (1589).

,, 22. je te connais une demi-douzaine . . : te \% hère in the dative case.

,, 25. c'est mon rêve à moi : à moi is redundant hère, and used merely for the sake of emphasis. Cf. the ethic dative in Latin and Greek.

,, 30. un cousin est un ennemi donné par la nature :

parody of the well-known hne — ' Un oncle est un ami donné par la nature. '