Nos passions, c'est nous, our pâmons, they are our

selves. Observe that * they are ' is expressed by cfesty unless a third person plural follows, when ce sont is generally used. See Less. 49, vii.

34. ce n'est rien que cette poussière, that dust is nothing. Note the use of que to more clearly identify the subject, before expressed by ce. See Less. 46, i. 1, Note 3. 72. — 6. comme un dé de pierre, like a thxmble of stone. How strikingly descriptive of the Arc de Triomphe as one sees it from the site of the Tuileries, standing out distinctl y against the sunset sky I To a lover of Paris tbe very names in this passage are as expressive as the most skillful strokes of the painter's brush. For this en tire passage see Note 10-17.

9. pons Lutetiœ Novus dictus, the bridge of Lutetia calleé New. Lutetia, the ancient name of Paris.