J'ai dû, I zvas obligea

184-186. quatre-vingt-treize, the year that marks the height of the démocratie révolution and of the power of Robespierre and the Terror. This to the duke seems to mark the death of good (aristocratie) taste, a loss indicated by a fantastic classic revival in dress, of which the costume of the great tragedian Talma (i 763-1 826) is hère made a type. He was one of the first advocates of realism in scenery and costume, and his influence was very great during the whole period from 1791 to the rise of romanticism at about the time of his death.

188. tabatière. The management of the snnff-box was an art that set a seal on aristocratie breeding.

190. pichenette, a littleflip of the hand. jabot, shù-lfrill.

195. arrête, whoah ! la Grise, name of the mare, " Dapple^ [96]

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