candide... agree with beauté not vrithjbrme

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1. 3. se blottir, properly applied to animals rolling themselves up when they are frightened or wish to hide. La Fontaine is very fond of it. " Notre maître Mitis...se niche et se blottit dans une huche ouverte."

1. 7. ce que Dieu... 'the paternal instinct, which God has implanted in every man's heart, awoke and thrilled in mine.' We talk of ' bowels of compassion,' but one could not render entrailles literally. For the construction see E.B. 129.

1. 10. f appuyais sur moi. We should say ' I had resting against me.'