à compter de, **counting from

19. avait inr lei sanvages cette infériorité, "had this inferiority io savages.'* Sur is suggested by its use in the phrase supérionté sur.

22. proflMnrire, "to proscribe," meant in old Roman times to condemn a man to death without any judiciary proceeding, simply by exposing to public view a bill containing the name of the condemned person.