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bieth of noche — eakly lite and education — first pittjation — enhsts in the frekch gcailds — made a gkexadtee — his effobts to acquise ecrcatiox — bifficulties — choice of books — his passioxate disposition — dfzl — ij^pki£0^•1ie^•t — iudz cop.pob-u,.
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Line 7. — Versailles. — A city eleven miles sontli-we'^t of Paris. Its great attraction is its palace, ■whose history is the history of the place. The château was first used as a Eoyal résidence by Louis XIH., and his son Louis XrV. expended enonnous stuns in its reconstraction and décoration. It was hère that the States-General met in 1789 at the heginning of the French ReTolution. During the Franco-Prussian -war in 1871, Williain, King of Prnssia, was crowned Emperor of Gennany in the palace of Versailles ; and, after the conclusion of peace, the city was for some time the législative capital of the new French Eepublic.
Line 9. — garde<^liei»il. — Keeper of the kennels — one of the extensive group of words formf d from garde, keei^er ; chtidl is from chien, dog.
Line 9. — ^^enerie — Hunting establishment.
Line 12. — P"* l'enfant &c. — Took the child lo her heart,
Line 14. — se fi* remarquer. — The use of faire followed hy the infinitive is very common. In translating, the English passive infinitiTe must generally te employed, but it is frequently best to render freely : translate hère — attracted attention
Line 17.— Saint Germain en Laj-e. — A town on the Seine, fourteen miles below Paris. It was hère tliat James II. of England lived afterhis dethronement.
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Line 4.^snvniinierariat. — Position of supemumerary, or helper.
" écuries. — écurie Isa stable for horses ; étable îor cattle.
Line 11. — Grandes Indes. — The East Indies ; also called Les Indes
Orientales.
Line 12. — gardes françaises. — A régiment of infantry raised in the sixteenth century, and employed as the bodyguard of the sovereign. After the attack on the Bastille the régiment was disbanded on account of its share in the insurrection.
Line 13. — adi-oit. — Clever, f rom droit, right. Compare Fr. gaucherie
andEng. dexterous.
Line 14.- -maniement de l'arme. — The manual, i.e., handhng his anns.
" exercice des manœuvres. — Field exercises; drill in
Company and battalion.
Line 20. — qne relevait &c. — This is a very common order when the relative is the direct object of a verb whieh bas a noTin for its subject.
Line 21. — grenadiers. — The company on the right of a battalion selected for their size and stature. The name was originally applied to soldiers who threw grenades, which were hollow iron balls fiUed with powder, and fired by a fuse.
Line 22. — caserne. — In barracks — quartered.
Line 23. — accueillie. — Accueillir means to receive either favorably or unfavorably ; hère, of course, favorably. It may be translated, granted.
When ue cornes before il or ill with the l liquid, it is sounded the same as oeu, as in this verb, orgueil. Sic. Line 25. — on était &c. — It was the year 1785.
" l'on sentait. Were felt. It is always best to use, if possible, the passive voice in translating sentences of which on is the subject.'
There is no précise rule for the use of l'oyi. The rule given by De Fivas, 111. R., is generally followed, but the practice of the best writers varies very much. Line 30. — qu'opposait Sic. — Which obscurity of birth or want of fortune tlirew in the way of personal ■worth. See note, p. 2, 1. 20.
Line 32. — cle s'élever. — Of rising.
Liue 35.— -de donner (te. — To give talent and genius fiili scope
to display themselves.
Line 37. — tont ce qne &c. — AU the assistance and strength it
(éducation) supplies.
Liue 40. — et répand de cliai-nie. — And wliat a charm it spreads
— supply combien.
Line 6. — aw sein de. — In the niidst of, or siuiply — in. Line 18. — hiver.— The final r is sounded in the following words ending in er : amer, cancer, cueiller, enfer, fier hier, hiver; monosyllahles, and foieigu proper names, as Jupiter, Luther.
Line 23.— mettre.— Exercise.
" acquisitions.- Purchases.
Liue 25.— cités &c.— At that time quoted on ail occasions. Line 27.— polémique.- Coutroversy.
" empreints &c.— Stamped -nith the enthusiasm of the moment.
Line 3^.- indigeste.— Crude.
Liue 33 cependant. However. ^
Liue 36.— empire sur- lui-même.— Self-control. Line 37-— emporté.-Hasty.
" prenait racine dans.— Sprang from — literally, took
root in.
Line 39.— niietix réglés.. \Vhen better regulated.
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Line 2. — délation. — Liforming — in the sensé of tale-bearing.
Line 3.^-«es causes.— Viz. la délation et laperfidie.
Line 5.— l'escrime.— Fencing.
Line 7.— son arme.— His weapon — his sword.
Line 11. — logis, maison.— if aisou is the house considered merely as a building ; logis as a dwelliug.
Line 13. —envenimée.— Exaggerated — literally, poisoned. Thrf meaning is that the crime of Hoche was made the most of by his enemies, iu order to préjudice, or poison, the minds of his superiors, so as to make his punishmeut as severe as possible.
" traduit en Jugement &.c Brought to trial and sen-
tenced to close confinement.
