TO LE ROOF OF } WAR

inguish

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to take

pbéir inon must

: entire 2, L 16.

, This lo noun

Pacx 69, Line 1—elle-—This word and en in next line refer to agence royaliste. Y uw. 4 Line 4.—I1 se dit dès lors &c.—Thenceforth he declared himself authorized, \

Line 5.—sérieuse—Rel—+, n4 jide,

Line 8.—pour les disposer—Tn order to induce them.

Line 11—apporta-Exhibited.

Line 12.—rapports--Relations—intercourse.

Line 15.—plein d'avenir With a brillant futuri—literally—full of future,

Line 18.—fin— Koen,

Line 19.—sur la sincérité Of the sincerity.

Line 20.—-les fit partager à Hocke—Imparted them to Hoche.

Line 21.—pour que—That—See Note p. 67, 1. 84.

Line 23.—commissaires—Commissioners.

Line 24.—avaient hate &c,—Were anxious to see this destructive war brought to an end.

Line 25.—njoutèrent &e.—Blindly placed confidence,

Tune 32.—l’acquittement &c.—Payment of the bonds—+.e., paper money issued by the royalists.

Line 83.—jasqu’à concurrence &e.—To the amount of two millions (of francs).

Line 37.—À ce qu’ils formassent To their forming—à ce que is what is called by some grammarians a ‘““subjunctive locution ’—4.e., a phrase requiring the subjunctive mood after it.

Line 38.—peu mombreuse—Not very large.

Line 39,—-»6pn rtie—Distinguish répartir, to divide, which is regular Îrom repartir, to set out again, which is conjugated like partir. D.F, 240.

au foyer même-Tn the centre. Note the difference of meaning Of méme before and after a noun.

Pace 60.

Line 8.—Nantes—An important sea-port on the Loire, about thirty miles from its mouth.

Line 9.—où il lui fat fait Where he was accorded.

Line 16.—elle le fut—Je refers to signée.—In translating, “signed.”

Line 21.—l’on put croire omplète— Might be con

Line 80.—ne tinrent &c,—Paid no attention to.

Line 91 — annortôrent sauce 1

net 15 l'avons vu—{xhibited, as we have

supply

sidered complete.

seen.

Line 356.-—l'on trouve— We find.

Line 88,—aujourd'hui— The archaic word haut (from Latin hudie) meuns {his day, so that ce jour d'hui, and aujourd'hui are cather tautological,

Line 89,—j'ni t1it remarquer] pointed out—Sludents frequently fad a difliculty in translating the French Preterite Indefinite, This tense can be rendered by the English Present Perfect only when it refers to an action taking place in a period of which the present forms a part. If

the reference is to time altogether past, as here, the | Past Indefinite must be used in translating.

PAGE 61. | ] Line 1.—d’elles-— Of them—2.e., of the flocks. Line 2,—Bons aneciens— (Good people of the olden time—referring : to the ancient Romans, who derived many omens from the voices and flight of birds. Hence are derived our ] words auspices, augury, &c.

“ eussiez-vous—$See Note p. 9, 1. 19, ] e 1à—In that circumstance.

Line 8.—de ce qui doit arriver—Of what must happen—is to happen.

Line 16.—que donne &e.—$See Note p. 2, 1. 20. Ds Line 18.—-gens médiocres—Men of only moderate ability—See ] Note p. 21,1. 8—For construction of gens, see D.F, 407. I Line 21.—pour se donner—Tn giving themselves out—in proclaim I ing themselves. I Line 22.—sur—As to. I Line 25.—en conséquence—Accordingly—1.e., each according to I his own views.

Line 27.—à celle—For that—to substitute for, is substituer à. Line 29.—à combattre l’anarchie— To contend with anarchy. Line 82.—les fonctionnaires &c.—The officials who were notable, I , 4 Line 2.—s'y porter à—To abandon themselves to—4.e,, to commit.

Line 5.—enchninnient—Fettered.

Line S8.—en butte à—Exposed to—a mark for.

Line 10.—dont &e.—This word depends on se plaindre, which takes de before the noun signifying the person complained of; se plaindre de quelqu'un, to complain of some one.

Line 14.—entretenu—Kept.

Line 21.—pelotons—Platoons.

hudie) rd'hui

quenteterite nglish taking rt. 4?

re, the

ferring 18 from ed our

—is 10

y—See F, 407.

oclaim

ling to

‘chy.

ot able,

ommit,

h takes ined of; ne,

Line 29, jusqu'à ce jour-8o far—hitherto, Line 87.—on y passait &c, —Reviews took place,

« panaches—Plumes.

P1aar 68,

Line 2.—et qui se réveie__See Note, P. 5, 1 33—Verbs whose in-

finitive ends in ler change the é into à before the e mute endings,

Line 5.-—-ballotté Badsered literally, knocked about like à ball,

Line 6.-—Saehez--Leuru—henr-{.e, I will tell you, “6 on me fait— Are heaped upon me,

Line 8.—i y «& un anA year ago.

Line 9.—cachot bien humide Omit Note, p. 4, 1. 14,

Line 10,—corrigé—Cured—1.,e, o$the habit of speaking the truth,

LL que—Whother.

Line 12.—Heureux habitant &e,—Le Veneur time living in Morbihan, in Brittan y.

Lino 13.—que ne suis-je &c,

bien in translating. See

who was at this

—Oh! that I were in your place.— Que followed by ne used with a verb in the indicative, expresses à strong desire, Compare Corneille, Horace, Acte IV. Scene IL.—" Que n'a-t-on vu périr en Lui le nom d'Horace !”

Line 16.—en—At this news.

Line 17.—l’emportera__\in the day.

Line 19,—méconnu Misunderstood.

Line 22,—auprès de sa compagne. With his wife.

Line 25.—puissé-je__ Would that I might,

Line 26.—Va--It is general ÿ impossible to translate va, ag well as

other parts of aller, used as exclamations, with anything like precision, Omitithere. It means—" I care not,” or something similar.

Line 28.—fixèrent Decided.

Line 30.—ne met pas &c.—Does not protect froia.

Line 33.—Panthéon Formerly the church of St. Geneviève, In 1791, the Assembly decreed that the name Panthéon should be given toit, and that it should be a monument to the memory of the great men of France. This inscription was placed on the front : “ Aux grands hommes la patrie réconnaissante.” Mirabéau was its first occupant. In 1852 it again became a church.

To ascend the steps of the Pantheon, is have one’s

Rame enrolled among the great men of the hälion,

> #N V À SN, 7 5? LA KÈ "A SN 7, Les ZA — NAE NN V "À AN OCR) dES Qù OÙ hic 2 24 ME

Corporation

Line 84,—de stitué Romoved—,e, from his command, Line 37.—en titre—Nominally.

Pace G4.

Line 1.—pour témoigner}: showing.

Line 2.-—puisée dans—Founded on—the result of.

Line 6.—devennit__Was becoming.

Line 7,—dunes la prévision &c.—With the knowledge that a new insurrection was to take place.

Line 8.—s’entendaient Pour accaparer__ Were raking ments to monopolize,

Line 11,—interdisaient à Celles-ci—Forbade the latter to make forced requisitions and to pillage.

Line 12.—la disette se fit seniir--Scarcity of food made itsel felt.

Line 13.—embaucher To en

arrange-

tice away—to incite to desert. From en and C. Fr. bauche. Compare English debauch from same root.

Line 16,—tout en 5e fermant &c.—While confining himself strictly to his instructions,

Line 16.—sut,-—Was able, See D. F. 268.

Line 17.—beaucoup d'égards &c.— much kindness.

Line 28.— prise Hold.

Line 26.—I1 ne perdait &c.—He never lost sight of Cormatin.

Line 28.—en plus d’uneSee Note, p. 40, 1. 14.

Line 29.—son insupportable

Many marks of respect, and

&c.—His intolerable boasting.

Line 82.—se posa comme arbitre—Assumed the attitude of arbiter.

Lire 33.—disait-il— fe used to say.

Line 84.—à moi et debout With mo and up in arms,

Line 35.—1a preuve &c.—The written proof which he had “rdently desired.

Pace 65

Line 8.—reprise—Renewal,

Line 12.—à l'égard &c.—With respect to the royalist leaders who had submitted in good fait’.

Line 15.—communes Equivalent, to some extent, to our Tovwnships, and the English Parishes—The smallest divisions

of France having separate administrations, Line 17.—pour disposer seul__Ts have entire control,

Line 23.—1a prochaine apparition—The early appearance

Bont God Lt nd

bd If

Line 27.—aux maîns—To blows.

« s’étment livré &c.—Bloody battles had taken place, Line 38.—repoussé—Rejected,

Line 36.—trop—Too copiously.

Line 88.—soumettront—$See Note, p. 21,1. 18.

Pace 66 s

Line 1—jusqu’à &c.—Uatil they have aid down their arms.

b a new Line 3.—que je m’en prendrai &c.—Ths I shall chiefly direct my attention, range- Line 6.—en tous sens In al] directions. , Line 9.—fut en feu—Was in flame,

make Line 13.—vint mouil'ercist anchor.

| Line 14.—la baie de Quiberon- -A bay south of the Department itsel of Morbihan ir Brittany. See Map.

From from are imself

CHAPTER IV, fr

t, and TROOPS FROM ENGLAND—THE VARIOUS REGIMENTS—ERRORS OF THE

EXPEDITION — QUIBERON — THE TROOPS DISEMBARKED —- HOCHE AD- VANCES—ENGAGEMENT AT SAINTE-BARBE—CRITICAL POSITION OF n. HOCHE—PUISAYE’S PLAN OF ATTACK—CAUSE. OF FAILURE-—DEFEAT OF THE ROYALISTS—LOSSES OF THE ÉMIGRÉS—SOMBREUIL--FORT PENTHIÈVRE —DESERTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PRISONERS —ATTACK

de of j ON THE PENINSULA — DIFFICULTIES — FORT PENTHIÈVE TAKEN — STRUGGLE OF THE ROYALISTS—FRIGHTFUL LOSS—THE *ISONERS— CLAIMS TO BE TREATED AS PRISONERS OF WAR—NO ZNCE OF A