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Line 22,—le cordon rouge—The red ribbon—1.e. he was a Knight of St. Louis, of which order the red ribbon was.the emblem.
Lino 27.—tenir tête à—Make head against.
Line 32—huit ans—This is a mistake. He was born on the 27th of March, 1785, and dieZ on the 8th of June, 1795. He was, therefore, a little over ten at the time of his death.
Line 2.—en gémit—Was deeply grieved at this.
Line 6.—moisir—Rusting—literally—growing mouldy.
Life 7.—Prétend.on &c—]Is it the intention to wait for the rainy season.
Line 8.—Ne voit-on—D;s you not see.
Line 11.—enflammez-—Inspire—fill with erthusiasm.
LE Fais—Grant.
Line 14.—l’envoi—Despatch.
Line 15.—en remplacement—Tn place.
Line 17.—i1 mit de nouveau &c—He gave fresh proofs.
Line 19.—observation—Observance.
Line 23.—sans trêve— Without truce.
Line 25.—#fût portée—Should be increased.—F'it subjunctive after obtint. See D. F, 569.
Line 34.—cadres—$See Note p. 66, 1. 25.
Line 37.—le comte d’Artois—$ee Note p. 67, 1, 81.
Line 1.—descendit—Tanded,
Line 8.—lile Dieu—An island in the Bay of Biscay, about ten mil:s from the coast of La Vendée.
8 d'aborder en face-—To land opposite it on the coast. -
Line 6.—déjoun—Bafiled.
Line 9,—la haute marée—The high tide.
Line 11.—parages—(Quarters.
Line 16.—en conçut &c—Was deeply irritated at this.
Line 18.—i1 lui fallait &e—He had hencelorth to struggle.
Line 28.—Sèvre Nantnise— A river which rises in the Dep. Deux Sèvres, and flows N. W. into the Loire opposite Nantes. There is another Sèvre, called Niortaise, which rises in
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flows west into the Atlantic.
Line 26.-—{i1 eût suffi &c—One victory would have been sufficient.
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assistance.
Pace 85
Line 6.—tout à la fois—At the same time.
Line 8.—bestiaux—Cattle—This worû is sometimes said to be the plural of bétail ; but they are really different nouns, one being used only ing the singalar, the other only in the plural,
Line 12.--fusil- See Note p. 1, 1. 24.
Line 13.—uh paysan sans armes— An unarmed peasant—In pays and its compounds, the letters & and y do not form a diphthong, but each letter is pronounced separately. The a having the sound of é.
Line 18.—manquaient de tout—Were in want of everything.
Line 19.—dénûment Destitution.,
Line 21.—en lui enlevant &c.—By depriving it of arms. Enlever like other verbs of taking away, is followed by à, and, therefore, takes Zur before it.
Line 24.—s’appuyait-—Rested.
Line 26.—assez forts—Of considerable strength.
“6 liès entre eux-—Connected,
Line 27.—patrouïilles—Patrols—patrolling parties.
Line 28.—pât—Subjunctive after the relative lequels following a negative clause. See D. F. 574 where negative is not mentioned as it should be
Line 29.—chargés—Instructed.
Line 81.—entassés—Stored up.
Line 53.—les plus notables—The leading.
Pace 66.
Line 1.—sauf une partie—Except a portion deducted as a tax. Sound the f in sauf,
Line 4.—s’entretenir-—To fraternize.
Line 10.—qu’on leur assure-—TLet them be assured.
Line 19.—remise-—Surrender.
Line 22.—en les reserrant &c—By continually confining them within a næ#row space, it would inevitably shut them up and capture them,
Line 24—au Directoire—To the Directory.—The new Executive body of the French Government, consisting of five men chosen by the National Convention. The new constitution, with two Legislative Chambers and the Direc-
tory as executive, came into force October 27th, 1798,
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Line 36.—des Anciens The upper house, consisting ot 250 ma. bérs, Pace 87.
Line 5.—contribné ou applandi à--Agsisted or approved.
Line 6.—se rencontraient Were met.
Line 10.—née Cabarus—We have no means of translating this into English except by the periphrasis—whose maiden name was Cabarus.—For a graphic description of this period, see Carlyle Vol. III. Book VII. Chap. IT, ‘La Cabarus.”
Lits 21—On ne surprenait &c—In his convertion there were never detected any of those expressions by which the general is betrayed who will be invited to tyranny by popularity.
Line 24—qui éblouissent &c—Who dazzle—whose influence is based on enthusiasm, and whom people follow as if infatuated.
Line 28.—on reconnaissait—There was recognized,
Line 33.—en sûreté—Safe,
Pace 88.
Line 6—sans tache—Stainless.
Line 12.—pour achever d’exécuter—To complete the execution of.
Line 13.—d’après lesquels —According to which.
Line 16. —il appartiendraïit à Hoche—It would be the duty of Hoche—-literally—it would belong to Hoche.
Line 20.—Angers—A town of Anjou on ne river Mayenne, near its junstion with the Loire, the principal town of the Department Maine et Loire.
«6 qu’il avait été &c—That his place had been very poorly supplied.
Line 27.— Tout changen de face-The appearance of everything changed.
Line 29.—qu’il iui fallait &c—That he must in the first place overcome.
Line 31.—surveillé de près—Closely watched.
Line 35.—lui firent éprouver—[nflicted on him—literally;—caused him to experience.
Line 38.—jugé militairemeni—Tricd by court-martial,
Tina 9 __s'attanthamit Qtrnva Lie à DUEOVE,
Line 4.—patriotes- This refers to Republicans not in the army.
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Tine 14.—estime de soi-même — Self-respect — not self-esteem, which is not generally regarded as a commendable quality.
il poussait &ce—He carried scrupulousness.
Line 15.—désintéressement Tistinguish this noun from the adverb
desintéressément.
Line 20.—manquait Was, nevertheless, sometimes in want of
actual necessaries,
Line 21.—appointements-—Salary—what a soldier or officer receives is called his pay.
en papier-—In paper—in scrip.—These bills were called Assignats, and were issued by the revolutionary Government on the security of the lands of the nation.
se réduisaient à rien—Sank to nothing in value. — Carlyle relates the following incident, which will illustrate the value of these Assignats in Paris—"* Combien ?” gaid one to a Hackney-coachman, enquiring his fare. ‘ Six thousand livres,” answered he—{(about £300 stg.
Line 23,—en les payant—On peying for them. Observe that
payer means to pay for.
Line 27.—délicatesse—Scrupulousness.
Line 29.—Hoche ne connaissait &c—Hoche knew nothing of
power except the burden.
Line 38—on voit &c—We see how well he was able to free himself,
Pace 90.
Line 23.—repète—From verb repéter. Observe the change of accent before e mute. See Note p. 22, 1, 25.
Line 25.—en—To do 80.
«6 que je suis &c—That I am the author whose precepts
you most willingly remember.
Line 27.—s’épanche plus loin—Overflows further on—4.e. in his letter.
Line 29.—mécomptes—Disappointments,
Pace 91.
Line 8.—il tressaillit—His heart thrilled,
Line 7.—lui-—See Note p. 38, 1. 7.
Line 8.—compatissait à—Sympathized with.
Line 15.—centaines—$See Note p. 57, 1. 8.
Line 18.—debout—Sianding—vwith the idea of activity. (Above ground.—-Pernet) k
Line 22.--bête fauve—Deer.
Line 24.—qui eûssent sauvé — Subjunctive of uncertainty with the relative toutes. These terms might have saved his life if he had accepted them.
Line 28.—In lutte supréme—The final struggle.
Line 29,—épuisé Exhausted.
Line 31.—se ft tuer—Allowed himself to be killed,
Line 34—sa grace__His own pardon.
Pacx 92.
Line 2.—à travers— Through the midst of.
Line 8.—accourues &c—Who had rushed out to meet them. Line 8.—formels— Specific—explicit.
Line 12.—à dessein—Intentiona!'y. Line 15.—devant 1a mort-]n presence of death, Line 16,—commanda le feu—Gave the signal to fire—bade them fire, s’af'aissa doucement &c—Sank gently down.—In translating omit sur lui-même.
Line 27.—hors d'état Not in a condition—unable, LL étreinte—Embrace—referring to cordon, Line 98.—lui-—Refers to étreinte.
Line 29.—acculer—To be driven.
Line 82.—négocia- Made terms.
Line 35—Jersey-—The largest of the Channel Islande, lying about 16 miles from the French coast.
Line 27.—ienlacer d’un réseau &c-—To interweave it with a net. work of steel,
Pacx 98.
Line 1.—à l'adrainistrer—To govern it.
Line 4.—hommes exaltés Extreme men—fanatics. Line 8.—renonçait à—Resigned his dictatorship. Le plia à Brought under.
Line.—y réussir js used because réussir takes à after it, Line 13.—des deux parts On both sides—viz. from Republicans and Royalists.
Line 15.—en lni accordant—Bestowing on him at the same time, Line 22.—au plus fort At the very climax.
Line 27.—n’en jouirai-je pas Zy» is used because jouir takes de
after it, Lihe 81.—bien—Thoroughly.
Line 83,— qu'on avilisse &o__To be vilified in your house.
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Line 2.—s'agrandir-To grow in strength,
Line 6.—imposait—]Insisted upon—required.
Liue 7.—le respect &c—Respect for property and person.
Line 15.—la loi vivante-The living law—1.e. his word was held as good as the laws which w2re in actual force.
Line 27.—de le gagner-—To gain him—1.e. to their cause.
Line 29.—Montk—(General Monck, who as commander of the army was chiefly instrumental in the Restoration of Charles II. to the Throne of England in 1660,
Line 30.—connétable—Constable—The constable of France was a military officer of the very highest rank. He was ex officio commander-in-chief of the army in the absence of the king, the highest judge in military offences and questions of chivalry, and the supreme authority on all points connected with tournaments and other military displays. The office was suppressed by Louis XIII. in 1626, and was afterwards restored by Napoleon. There appears to have been an intention of restoring it at the period mentioned in the text, if the Bourbons could have succecded in recovering the throne of France.
Line 85.—parlera This use of the future is almost unknown in
English. We would rather say—was to speak
Line 36.—1e héros de brumaire—Napolcon Bonaparte, who on Nov.9, 1799 (18 Brumaire, an VIII.), abolished the Directory and the two Councils, and was elected Consul.
Pace 95.
Line 2.—faire juger militairement—Try by military courts. se quelques malheureux exaltés— A few unhappy enthu-
siasts,
Line 8.—taxé de—Accused of.
Line 6.—vous donnent le change sur-Doecsive you as to— Faire prendre le change is another parase having the same meaning.
Line 9.—1l’Hôpitai- Michel de l'Hôpital, Chancellor of France in the reign of Charles IX. The allusion here is to his earnest but vain efforts in behalf of the toleration of Protestants.” Although he w25 successful in preventing the establishment of the Inquisition, and in obtaining many privileges and benefits for the Huguenots, he was in the end unable to provent civil war, and retired to private life. The news of the Massacre of St, Bartholomew is said to kave broken his heart,
Line 9,—Sully-The celebrated minister of Henry IV. He was à great financier, thoroughly devoted to his master’s interests, and disliked by the extreme men of both parties. He died in 1641.
Line 20,—qu’il serait fait &c,— That Hoche with.
Line 22.—pistolets d'honneur Presentation pistols.
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