FERENT ATIONAL 2S—THE —HOCHE ES SER- SAILLES SAILLES
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Line 1.—l’arbitraire.—Arbitrary authority,
Line 34.—à force de &c.—In consequence 0" eariug every day vigorous declama‘ions.
PAGE 6. Line 1.—et reviudiquer &c.—And cläims made on behalf of all for &e.
Line 3,--ne fussent. is used 1 ‘ithout pas with the subjunctive after que or qui when it may be translated by but or that not.
Line 6.—discipline.-Restraint,
Line 6,-f1 était à prévoir.- It might have been foreseen.
Line 12.-— L'Assemblée nationale &e.—In May, 1789, Louis XVI. convoked the States-General, which had net met for nearly 200 years, This body consisted of representatives of the nobility, clergy, and commons, or Tiers-Etat, asthe latter were called. Tthad formerly beenthe custom forthe representatives to vote by orders, but as this plan would have effectually prevented the commons from exercising any influence, they demanded that the votes should be taken by members. This demand was refused by the other orders, and the representatives of the Tiers-Etat thereupon withdrew, and, on the 17th of June, declared themselves ‘ L'Assemblée nationale et constituante.”
Line 20,—Louis XVI.—Grandson of Louis XV., married Marie Antoinette, an Austrian princess, in 1770; ascended the throne 1771. The Revolution broke out in 1789, and in 1790 the king was taken from Versailles and kept a prisoner in the palace of the Tuileries. He was after wards transferred to the Temple, and in 1798 he was tried, condemned, and executed.
Line 28.—cédait.—Verbs of the first conjugation whose stem ends in a single consonant preceded by e acute, change this into e grave before the e mute endings. See D. KF., 201.
Line 25,—compatibles.—Consistent.
Line 27. devoir de roi.—Duty as king.
Line 37.—opposèrent, &e.—Opposed the insurrection of the multi. tude to the threat of bayonets ; or more freely—met the threat of bayonets by a general rising of the people,
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Line 6.—Bastille.—This famous prison was originally the castle of
Paris, and was built by Charles V., about 1880, at the Porte St, Antoine, as a defence against the English. After it came to be used as a State-prison, it was greatly strengthened. Though capable of containing only seventy or eighty prisoner:, it must be remembered that these were always person : £ importance, who had fallen victims to political despotism, court intrigue, ecclesiastical tyranny, or family g'iarrels, and who had been placed here by virtue of .ettres de cachet, the name given to the famous warrants of imprisonment issued by the kings of France, especially Louis XIV, These were sealed with the king’s small seal (cachet), and in them the royal pleasure was made known to individuals and corporations, and the administration of justice thus frequently interfered with. The lieutenant-general of the police kept forms of lettres de cachet ready sealed, in which it was only necessary to insert the name of ihe individual to be arrested.
Line 33.—liceneiés.—Disbanded.
Line 86.—La Fayette.—The Marquis of La Fayette, at the age of
twenty, went to America, and took part in the war of independence. After his return he was made commander of the National Guard. In 1789 he adopted the populer side, but by his moderation and his denunciation of the extreme measures of the revolutionary leaders, he incurred the enmity of the Jacobins and was compelled to flee. He was afterwards imprisoned by the Austrians, but was released through the influence of Napoleon. He returned to France, but toôk no part in public life until after the death of Napoleon. He was a prominent actor in the Revolution of 1830, and died in 1834, on which occasion, as à trihute of respect to his memory and gratitude for his services, the American Congress went into mourning for thirty days.
Line *—däauphin.—The title formerly given to the eldest son of
the king of France. It was until 1349 the name b.rne by the lords of the province of Dauphiné: at this time, 11 1 1 £ al -. Ai quriélingé an haîis hanssantl A Lie tne iast Oi Unese QyIns WItriOUt GI LCIr, DÉQUERLRER IS
dominions to France on condition that the heir-apparent
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atle of + at the should bear the titie and govern the province. Thetitle, aglish. however, afterwa s became purely honorary, and was | rreatly abolished in 1880, | | HE ss Line 5.—cocardes blanches, White wasthe color of the Bourbons. | ‘4 that | | fallen Line 6..-tricolores,—The badge of the National Guards which | lesias- came to be the emblem of the Revolutionists. T'he na- 1 been tional flag of France is now tricolor, consisting of blue hs name white, and red in equal masses divided vertically. | ued by Trico! or flags are ucually assumed by nations professing l le were tr he gained their liberty, e.g., Italy, Belgium, Hol. | them ] bnt the colors are various, and are uifferently ls and h riged, | us fre- Line 11.—sans mæeurs.—Immoral, In this word the final #8 is of the sounded : it has no siugular, led, in of ihe Line 17.—huissier.—Gentleman-usher, Usher is the English form
of the word.
Line 29,—se font tuer.—Allow themselves to be killed, age of Line 30—Marie-Antoinette.Daughter of Francis I. and Maria war of Theresa of Austria. She married Louis XVI. in 1770, > COM- at the age of fifteen. She was guillotined in 1798, ed the ciation Pace 9, ers, he | ipelled Line 4.—ami de.—On the side of.
trians, Line 5.-—répugnait.Had an aversich to. n. He Sontil Line 9,—attentat. Outrage.
tb actor Line 17.—-I1 se sentait. He felt within himgelf—he was conscioug which of.
u. a Line. 19. -i1 eût rougi.— When the Plaperfect subjunctive is used | in a principal proposition, it has the force of the con-
ditional past, of which it is sometimes called a forin, See
D. F. 665 and Note. Translate here as if it were
“al aurait rougi.” son Of > berne , s time, ied his
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