tout enivré . . . éperons, ' intoxicated and crazy as I

was with the clatter of my spurs,* i.e, as he walked along. 4-5. pour donner . . . ébranlement, ' to shake mightily.' 7. ce qu'il y avait . . . l'éclat, ' the supematural part of

the blaze.* Lit. * what was supematural in,* etc. zo. aux hommes, dat. to laisser, ' to allow *= ' that we allow

men of action invested with absolute power to obtain over us.'

See Appendix IL, Rem.

cai. IV.] NOTES, t55

Z2. tracer des bornes, ' to afilx limits.' 23. donation, i.e, the gift mén of his génération freely made of their hearts and soûls to this one man, Napoléon.