ébranlement, 'shock,' with the idea of unsettling

1. 11. aux hommes, the same construction as with faire, E.B. 116.

revêtus, 'invested.'

1. 15. l'aigle éblouissant, an odd mixture of metaphors. The reference is to the eagle that bore Ganymede from earth to heaven at Jupiter's bidding.

1. 21. des pages. As emperor, Napoleon revived a number of court dignities, and appointed ladies of the bedchamber, grand almoners, and the like. Talleyrand became Grand Chamberlain. "Tout cela," says Lanfrey, "sentait la parodie, l'emprunt, le clinquant, les oripeaux d'une représentation de théâtre, ou d'une scène de carnaval."

1. 23. au sacre, at the coronation. One is reminded of Victor Hugo's lines in l Lui' about Napoleon at St Helena,

"Au sacre du malheur il retrempe ses droits." 1. 24. servions de, E.B. 138.

1.30. maniement. We should probably say 'interference'; the idea of the word is constant handling.