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Page 101. — I. ioyet^ green-room.

Page 102. — I. en la, the French use do^ ré, mi, fa, sol, la, si, for the musical scale. La = A.

2. Comédie Française, or Théâtre Français, the most celebrated historical stage in Paris, where the best plays of the classical and modem French drama are performed, was founded in 1680.

3. enfant du désert, i. e., a turco (infantry), or spahi (cavalry), from the native Algerian troops.

Page 103. — I. Palais-Royal, the théâtre where the liveliest and often the broadest comédies are apt to be performed.

2. Les Châtiments. See Alphabetical List of Persons and Places under " Hugo."

Page 104. — I. gaieté douce, unusual and therefore emphatic position of this adjective, mild hilarity.

Page 105. — prit un temps, made a patise.

Page 106. — I. ^\\j&^ known as ; lit., "called."

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