Trédério II, viz. of Prussia, Frederick the Great

12.— 21. distingoât (snbj., Edgr. § 323. G. a\ Wh. 185. h) mieux, ' distinguished better/ hère in sensé of 'adapted better his manner to.'

13«— 27. détente, ' relaxation ' (of stiff manners or étiquette), i.e. ' ease and grâce.*

29. de Talleyrand, the sabtle diplomatist of the Bepublic, Napoléon, and the Bourbons.