allaient, ' were about to.' See note to p

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7. avoir le démenti. Donner un démenti d..,means ' to give some oue the lie.' Therefore avoir le démenti is to ' receive the lie,' that is to say, to be contradicted, disappointed ; and ne point avoir le démenti =^not to be balked,' ' to bave it ail one's own way.'

18. il ne faut pas que. Impersonal verbs expressing wish, command, désire, regret, etc., govern the subjunctive. Cf. Lat. , Oporlet ut te videam. Il faut que je te voie.

24. un rouge denier. Cf. the well-known idioui, ' I hâve not a red cent,' 'a brass farthing. ' The modem expression is un rouge liard. Why red? — from the colour of new coins. Copper is called in French enivre roiuje.

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23. Item vacca, etc., ^ Item, the cow of Thomas, surnamed Lerouge.

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2. pauvres gens. What is the rule couoerning adjectives qualifying gens ?