qui ne me va pas, that does not suit me

5. M. le duc de Chartres, Louis-Philippe-Joseph (1747-93), known as Philippe Égalité. He is said to bave introduced horseracing into France, He played a considérable rôle in the French Révolution and died on the scaffold.

Page 179. — 1. entre augures, i. e., among the initiated^ an allusion to the augurs, who know what the omens présage. 2. in cauda venenum j Latin, (there is) poison in the tail.

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Page 180. — I. le régime dotal; see page 17, note i.

Page 182. — l. à moins d', except in case of.

Page 183. — I. dût votre cœur se briser, though your heart should break.