le mettent en lumière, ' put it into relief

104. loaroe éplqne de poésie, ' source of heroic poetiy.' 106. qa*ll8 décorent, 'that they adom*; ûe, artists draw

subjects of composition for their masterpieces from religion ; but do not believe in it

ixo. s'empreindre de, 'to be imbued with.'

1x2-3. se platt à . • • arguments, 'delights in wreathing around the Cross the skilful maze of their arguments.'

1x4. il est rare que. See Appendix I. B. i.

soit, subj. aller impersonal verbs.

xx8. n se ooosldère d'un obU morne, ' It looks at itsdf with disconsolate gaze.'

xao. qui se voit, 'that knows itself.'

X2X. A ces. Cf. Ch. VIII. 1. 27, and Ch. i. 1. 46-7, note.

X22. crus. N,B. s, because the object of the past part is nous that précèdes.

X23. Bas-Empire, ' décline of the Roman Empire.'

se sont demandé si, <have wondered whether.' N.B. demandé^ invariable because se is dat. : demander quelque chose à qttelqu^un^* to ask some one for a thing.'

X28. usé. See Ch. iv. L 424, note.

I2fi. cent Bèisnnoes. Bishop Belzunce (generally spelt Belsunce) of Marseilles showed the greatest charity and courage during the plague of 1720- 1.

• Why drew Marseilles' good Bishop purer air ? * — Pope.

There is in Marseilles a statue erected to his memory, and an avenue named after him ' Cours Belsunce.' He was as celebrated for his intolérance as for his heroic conduct during the plague.

N.B, s in BelzunceSf because the meaning is 'a hundred

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men such as Belzunce.' G)mp. ' Tous les pays ont lears Césars et leurs Pompées.'

138. avec on ■onrlre de Spartiate^ ' with a Spartan's smile.' The Spartans were well known for their courage under the greatest pain or periL

139. d'autant plus grave que, 'ail the more serions that,' ùe, ' this very smile is-a serious and ominous sign, for it shows not fearlessness alone, but scepticism and disbelief/

140. au festin des dieux, 'in the banquet of the gods/ i,e. 'in happiness after death/

143. y, because * to believe in '= * croire à.' Cf. 1. i39-4a Z50-Z. pour • • • tourmente, 'to serve as a stay in the storm.'

152. Oe n'eet pas une foi. See Appendix I. A. il de nouvelle invention, ' new-fangled.'