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1. 33. sa bouche était... A free rendering is, 'His prominent chin gave a bright, shrewd, intellectual expression to his countenance; his lips were just parted by a benevolent smile, full of Christian kindliness, and without a trace of the hard politician.'

1. 39. caviail, a sort of cape worn over the rochet by the higher ecclesiastics. Its original meaning is a hood or cowl, which could be drawn over the head {cap-mail, head-mail).

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1. 3. chargés d'aigles. Napoleon substituted the engle for the cock (le coq gaulois) as the national emblem. The cock had been adopted in 1792, and was again in use from 1839 to 1852.

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