ne, expletive : Edgr. § 386 ; Wh. § 170. c

31. tronve pour entrave (' find as an obstacle'), ' is hompered by.'

5. — 4. Mme de Pompadonr, the notable mistress of Louis XV., and the purvejor of his gaieties.

5. d'Argenson, Minister of Foreign AfEairs 1744-48 ; has left important Mémoires of the French Court.

15. Neoker was made Minister of Finance 1777, and dismissed 1781 after a publication on the finances of France, which produced a great sensation. He was again called to the same office and to that of Minister of State 1788, and gained great popularity by recommending the calling of the States General, but was again dismissed 1789, because he hesitated when the Court determined to nuUify the resolution of the Third Estate.