Thermidorien, see 9 thermidor in the Republican

Calendar, p. 142.

129, 2. Moutonnière, sheep-like, ready to follow any leader ;

this Word always reminds one of the taie in Rabelais (1483-1553) in which Panurge, wishing to take revenge of Dindenault, the sheep-merchant, buys a sheep of him and throws it into the sea ; ail the other sheep follow their bleating comrade, to the great dismay of poor Dindenault.

21. Le tiers Etat, in the old French monarchy the nation was divided into three orders, called " Etats," the Nobility, the Clergy, and the " Tiers Etat ; " peasants and serfs were not considered to belong to any order ; " The Etats généraux," as ki 17S9, were an assembly of the three " Etats."

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131, 8. Agnes, one of the principal cliaracters of Molière's (1622-1673) comedy, "L'Ecole des Femmes;" she is very timid, and bas been brought up by Arnolphe in great ignorance ; her ignorance nearly leads her astray. Arnolphe explains in the following celebrated Unes his idea of a good girl and a perfect wife : —

Et, s'il faut qu'avec elle on joue au corbillon, Et qu'on vienne à lui dire à son tour, Qu'y met-on 2 Je veux qu'elle réponde, " Une tarte à la crème ; " En un mot qu'elle soit d'une ignorance extrême ; Et c'est assez pour elle, à vous en bien parler, De savoir prier Dieu, m'aimer, coudre, et filer.