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XI. fût, subj. after verbs of wishing, praying, commanding

12, à la Petite Fortune, ' to Good Luck,' as opposed to the Fortune of the State. There is in Roman writers no mention of a *Fortuna Minor.' But whereas the Emperor offered worship to * Fortuna Virilis * or * Civilis * (of the City), each soldier offered incense *to Rome and Fortune,* which thus probably, as representing'the individual as against the State, is hère called la Petite Fortutie,

13. Je me suis plu à, ' I hâve delighted in.' 15. à être regardé, * to be looked at.*

15-6. Les plus Illustres . . . soi-même. ' The most glorious sacrifices hâve something in them that aims at glory, and that one cannot help seeing in spite of one's-self.'

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