il est peu, * there are few

1. 32. auxquelles vous ne teniez, * with which you are not connected'. Notice the ne without pas, because a négative is implied in il est peti de...\ cf. p. 36, 1. 32.

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1. 4. j''ai craint que.., ne, After words expressing fear or anxiety ne is used in French contrary to the English idiom, but is not to be translated. So here, ' I feared that the pride of a great name might prove...' Cf. in Latin, timui ne....

1. 6. je vous ai épargné, not épargnés, because vous is the indirect object, and so the past participle remains unchanged. The direct object is les réfiexions.

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