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12 2— Cœur : Courage. Courage, Low Lat. coraticumy

is derived from cœur , Lat. cor ; consequently the différence between the signification of the two words is that which is found between the effect and the cause. L’homme de cœur se distingue par des traits de courage.

12 g— L’éprouveroit sur l’heure : Should hâve proofs of

it on the instant ; éprouver, é and prouver, Lat. probare . Notice the folio wing examples of Lat. o becoming ou in French : rota , roue ; nos , nous ; totus, tout ; corona , couronne ; laborare, labourer ; &c., &c. ; and these of Lat. b changing into v : cubare , couvei , debere9 devoir ; Jaba , fève ; gubernare , gouverner ; colubra , couleuvre; labrum, lèvre; vcrbena, verveine ; &c., &c.

12 8 — Réparer ma honte : Retrieve my shame ; 44 re»

trieve my fall ” (Prior).

Page 12 line 12 — Il porte un coup mortel ï It deals a fatal blow, a deadly blow.

12 19 — Pour ne te point flatter : Not to deceive you by

allowing you to flatter yourself that the task is easy.

12 20 — Un homme à redouter : A man to be feared.

Notice that the French infinitive may hâve the same form for the active and passive. A redouter here stands for à être redouté ; Un homme à plaindre, a man to be pitied ; Ce n’est pas à croire, it is not to be believed.

13 3 — Indigne du jour: Unworthy of life. Notice. —

Le pays où j’ai reçu le jour, the country wheie

I was born ; On ne saurait assez aimer ceux à qui on doit le jour, one cannot love one’s parents enough ; Il en veut à vos jours, he has a design upon your life.

ï3 5 — Et tu tiens la vengeance : And you hold vengeance

in your grasp. The sword, instrument of revenge, in the hands of Rodrigue, is already revenge itself. This is an admirable metonymy. J3 8 — Où le destin me range : To which destiny subjects

me.