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Line 14,—ecommerce &c.—Intercourse cf « select circle.
a entretiens—Conversation.
Line 16.—et qui—$See Nnte p. 5, 1. 53.
Liue 20.—Josénhine de Benuhuarpais—Afterwards wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. Divorced in 1809, Her daughter, Hortense, married Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland,
Lire 28,—demandait au travail Soug'it in hard work.
Lie 88,—ennuis —Vexations—In ennui and its compounds, and also in ennobler, the en has te nasal sound, but not in ennemi.
Pac 42.
Line 4.—dont elle &c.—From which it had s0 widely departed. Line 6.—-et de même que &c.—And just as the faithiul do not
hold, Lie 9.—egarés-Mistaken.
le de même--So,
Lire 11.—forfaits Crimes,
Lin 18.—en les invoquant—While invoking them—-or, by invoking them. ”
Line 14,—tout jeune— When he was young.
Line 18.—maudire- This verb differs in conjugation from the other compounûüs of dire, See D. F. 801.
Line 19,—dr fuire passer dans—To instill into—to impart to.
Line 21.—mu digne épouse—A wife worthy of me.
Line 23.—perspective—Prospect.
Line 29,—ne se dément pas—Does not belie itself —does not falter.
Line 35.—11 & pu être He might have been. :
Pace 48.
Line 8.—aquoi qu’il &c.—Whatever it may cost me—quoi que requires the subjunctive. Distinguish quoi que and quoique. In D. F. 576, the commas between qui and que, and between quoi and que, should be omitted.
Line 4.—mot—Saying,
‘e Eugène—Prince Eugene, a Frenchman by birth, who, in consequence of the cruel treatment of his mother by Louis XIV., renounceü his country, and tonk service with the Emperor. He soon become commander-inchief, and distinguished himself in maay wars, chiefly against tlka Turks; and in conjunction with Marlborough, against the French at Bisnheim, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet, He died in 1736.
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Line 6.—n’n point envie &c.—Has no desire to act—1.e., he calls a council of war 80 that he may be aävised not to #2t boldly, and may thus have an excuse for not doing 80.
Line 7.—d’engager ma responsabilité —"To assume the responsibility.
Line 8.—1la plus terrible--The mosi terrible (responsibility).
Line 10.—je dois le &ire__7 must say.
Line 12.—remunerat ur—Recompensing.
Line 19.—puisse— When a wish or prayer is expressed, the preseit subjunctive is used without a conjunction.
Line 27.—jours-Tife,
Lire 30.—non deguisée__Unconcealed.
Line 33.—amer—; js sounded in this word. See Note, p. 8,1. B.
Line 36.—de tes nouvelics—News of you—Tu is the pronoutr of affection.
Line 2—age-Vouth. In Old French written aage : hence tie circumflex,
Line 8.—guichetier-Tirnkey--from guichet, door.
Line 6.—traduits—Summoned—During the Reign of Terror, it wes considered a matter of course that all persos broughs to trial should be condemned and sent to the guillotine,
Line 7.—dont il faÿss't &c.—With whom he associated most intimate!, -e., in the prison.
Line 8.—tour—Masculine, turn ; feminine, tower.
Line 10.—plus qu'il n’eût—»e is used wituout pas, after que when itis preceded by a comparative,
Line 18.—ne changea point de visage-—T;id not change rountenance.
Line 17.—demeurée— Who remained—feminine, to agree with the noun personne ; When personne means ‘“ no one,” it is masculine.
Line 21.—on mourait ainsi &c,—Tt was thus that men “died in those days,
Line 26.—-on dit-—It is said. ,
Pace 45, Line 2.—préconnisé-};xtolled.
Line 4.—eût été snisie See Note, p. 9, 1. 19.
Line 5.—ferait école Would be taught—would be a fundamental doctrine
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Line 12.—intarissables Tnexhaustibie,
Line 24.—un supplice—The ouillotine—invented by Dr. Guillotiu, from whom it takes its name. See Carlyle’s Fr. Rev. Vol. I. Book IV. Chap, IV.
Line 25.—dévorantes- Destructive.
Line 29. —écemvirs The Decemviri in Roman history were ten men appointed to draw up a code of laws. The year for which they were appointed having ended before their labors were finished a new body of Decemvirs was appointed. In their magisterial capacity they acted with such tyrannical cruelty that the name has become à synonym for outrageous and insolent tyrants.
LL ont promené &c.—"Translate freely—The murderous sword of the D: cemwvirs fell, ”
Line 39.—1s l’ont dirigé &c.—They preferred to direct it,
Line 86.—on taxait à l’avance &c,—A requisition was made beforehand on each prison for à certain number of victims —1.e., it was seitled beforehand how many victims for the guillotine each prison should furnish. .
Line 37.—Le ‘ang était inis en réquisition A levy was mide of blood.—As when a levy cf soldiers was made, each district must furnish a certain number ; so, at this time, each prison hed to supply so much blood, &.e., so many lives. ?
Line 39.—déchirant-—Distracting.
Line 41. —faisaient Jailler—Evoked—literally, caused to spring up.
Pace 46.
Tine 2.—terroristes The Reign of Terror—La l'erreur—lasted about fourteen months, beginning with the fall of the Girondins, June 1793, and ending with the death of Robespierre, July 28, 1794. The leaders of the Convenÿion during this period were called ‘ terroristes.”
Line 8,—apogée- Height.
Line 5.—la loi de prairial__A deoree wrung from the Convention by which the Revolutionary Tribunal was set free from all checks, and “ moral conviction” was made suficient proof of crime.
Line 15.—triumvirat—Triumvirate—an association of three men.
Line 17.—assouvi Satiated.
Line 19. —dévanrés Anticipated.
Line 22,—ies pius compromis Who were most exposed to danger
Line 26.—acolytes—Followers—partisans.
Line 27.—9 thermidor—For an account of the fall of Robespierre and the Terrorists, consult à history of the Revolution.
Line 29.—ait eu—Subjunctive, depending on pensé.
Line 36.—à nous brûler &c.—To blow out ou: brains
Line 38.—Ia toute-puissance—The supreme power,
Line 2.—'a veille__The eve—from l'atin vigil. Le en permanence— A permanent institution,
Line 3.—fonctionnait— Was doing its Work.
Line 12.—savant-Skilful,
Line 13.—+7n dressait &e.—The scaffold was being prepared
Line 16.—eussent—$See Note, p. 9, L 19,
Line 21.—retentit —Résounded.
Line 24.—garrottés —Bound.
Line 25.—affidés —Adherents.
Line 28.—se vengea—$See page 39, 1. 14.
Line 81.—enrayé—Checked—Ænrayer is to put the drag on the wheel of à carriage going down hill.
Line 83.—soulevé— Which had risen.
Line 85.—dont la Convention—VWhom the Convention ordered to be set at liberty.
Line 37.—caution—Guarantee—responsibility.
Line 39.—le f° velacher-Procured his releaso,
Pace 48.
Line 1.—à ce point &o.—To such an extent that it was impossible for him to pay his fare, and go by coach.
Line 4.—se peint—]Is depicted,
Line 12.—d’étoufter—To quell.
Line 18.—chouans-—$See next Chapter, Note 1. 51, 1. 20
Lino 14.—à l'ananimité -Unanimously.
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