nulle part, E.B. 114, Obs

1. 7. était, E.B. 169 a. It is worth notice that the time extends from 1804, not up to the present date, but up to a date just before it, suggested by ne Vai-je pas vu. Compare note on p. 4, 1. 39. We should say loosely 'he has been a prisoner'; the French say 'he had been,' which is more logically correct.

1. 10. Je n'aime pas les prisonniers. An intentional contrast with what Lord Collingwood says, p. 45, 1. 24. For the sentiment compare Horace, Odes in. 5,

"Auro redemptus scilicet acrior Miles redibit."

Scott [Life of Napoleon, conclusion) says: "Perhaps it was a consequence of this same indifference to truth, which induced Napoleon to receive into his favour those French officers who broke their parole by escaping from England."

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1. 14. on ne (en sait pas plus Je gré, ' you get no more credit for it (than if you had been dishonest and successful).'