Tenez, ' look hère

Toulon : the great military harbour of France on the

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Mediterranean, where Bonaparte spent some years whilst at the Collège of Artillery.

466-7. de quoi aolieter, 'enough to buy.' Lit. 'wherewîth to buy.*

468-9. rar IM épaules, ' on my shoulders.' Cf. idiom ' upon my hands.' ' Avoir snr les bras' is the ordinary idiom for 'to be burdened with.' Bonaparte hère uses épaules instead of ' bras ' in order to play upon the words épaule and épatilettes. Instead of this omament, he had a burden upon his shoulders. Tout cela, ' Every one (^ them is settled.' Cda, du Ch. III. L 44, of Casabianca.