Charles xii. (see Ch. 11. 1. 20), infuriated by the

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Turkish vizir, without a word, stretched on a lounge, entangled his spur in the vizir*s dress, and tore it up, leapt on his horse, and rode off. (From Voltaire*s Charles XII.)

380. Tragediante (Italian) = 'Tragedian.' Π'Commediante,* 1. 319.

383-4. n partit . . . vieillard, *Hedartedoffstraightatthe aged man.' We hâve more words than the French, and so may render an image expressed in many French words by a single one.