ternes, dull, colourless (L. teter, tetrinusî

qu'il ftlt, that he might be.

1. 12. Dupont de Nemours (Pierre Samuel) [1739 — 1817], distinguished as a writer on political economy, was secretary to the provisional government in 1814. He then went over to America, where he died, "ne voulant pas voir sa personne exposée à passer en un jour d'une main à l'autre comme une courtisane ou un courtisan."

1. 13. Barbé-Marbois (François, marquis de) [1745 — 1837]» minister of the public treasury (1801), président of the court of accounts (1808), a senator, and then a peer of France. He has been satirically described as un roseau peint en fer. Having fallen into disgrâce in 1805 he said to the Emperor, with tears in his eyes : "J'ose espérer que votre Majesté ne m'accusera pas d'être 'un voleur." — "Je le préférerais cent fois," was the answer; "au moins la friponnerie a des bornes; la bêtise n'en a point."

1. 14. Laffon-Ladebat (André-Daniel) [i 746-1829], originally a merchant at Bordeaux, took an important part in ail the financial discussions of the day as member of the Législative Assembly, the Convention and the Council of Ancients.