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109, 8. 9 Thermidor, see Republican Calendar, p. 142.

14. Conventionnels, members of the Convention ; see list of Assemblies, p. 6, 1. 12 27. 13 ven lémiaire, see Republican Calendar, p. 142.

110, 15. J’ri cipes de 1789 ; see p. 86 1, 34, the Constitution of

18. L's d'ux conseils léyisl tifs, the ‘Conseil des Anciens ” and ‘Conseil des Cinq-Cents.”

37. Mesures draconiennes, severe and harsh measures ; from ‘* Diaco,”" an Athenian legislator who enacted (about B.C. 623) a criminal code ir which slight offences were punished as severcly as murder and sacrilege.

115, 3. L'annivcrsaire du 10 Aout, on August 10, 1792, Santerre, Westermann, and Fournier, at 1he head of 3000 workmen, attacked the ‘‘ Tuileries ;” the king took refuge in the Naticnal Assembly, where his dethronement was voted.

36. À bout portant, point-blank ; literally with the muzzle bearing cn the object at which one aims.

116, 22. Un empirique, a charlatan, a quack ; one whose practice is not based on science; from the Greek fr in, and raipa, experience.

117, 19. Le vainqueur d'Arcole et de Rivoli, Bonaparte ; see in the

ludex both these towns.

118, 30. Byrou’s lines are as follows :—

Lvr, By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crouning the sunmit of the verdant mound ; Beneath its bate are heroes’ ashes hid, Our enemy’s- but let rot that forbid Honour to Marceau ! o'er whuse early tomb, Tears, big tears, gu+h'd fr m the rough soldier’s lid, Lamenting and yet envying such a dcom, Falling for France, whose rights he battled to resume,

Brief, brave, and g'orivus was his young career, His mourners were two ho:ts, his friends and foes, And fitly may the :trang’r lingering here Pray for his gallant spirit's bright repose ; For he was Freedom's champ'en, one of thos”, The few iu number, who had not o'erstept The charter to chastise which she bestows On such as wield her weapons ; he had cest The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o’er him wept.

120, à. Au tiers et au quart, right and left ; ‘‘le tiers et le quart ”” means the third or fourth person whom one happens to meet, anybody ; @f. ‘* Le premier venu,”

the first who turns up.

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122, 9. Les grands principes de 1789, see note p. 86, 1. 34, on the Constitution of 1791, which contains some of them.