Ail thèse escaped, howeyer

24. Tœn, ' vow,' hère (political) conviction. 04:.— 1. Lafayette, who served in the Revolntioiiary War of America, was (1789), made commander of the National Guards.

21. les cotes sorduurgéeB, * the overcharged qnota^' Le. the nnreasonable taxation.

66.— 4. r Abbaye, the militarj prison at Abbaje. 66.— -9. Saint-Georges, one of the finest violin-plajers of the time.

10. Qarat, one of the beat tenor-singers of the time. 16. telle quelle, ' such as it was.'

67 (heading). Jacobins, ' Jacobins/ members of a polltical club of great influence daring the Révolution. The club, which met in the Jacobin Cbnvent in Paris (hence ' The Jacobin Club '), concerted measures to control the proceedings of the National Assem bly, and later the Législative Assemblj, and extended its influence over the whole country. Its power reached its height during the National Convention 1792. The Jacobins brought about the death of the king, the destruction of the Girondist party, the storm of the lowest classes against the bourgeoisiefemà the Reign of Terror over ail France. But the fall of Robespierre, one of its leaders, 1794, gave the deathblow to the Jacobin Club.

69* — 32. en fait bon marché, ' puts little value on it ' (viz., ce cadeaux)» * considers it of little worth.'

7 1- — 21. à moins de, * save in the case of.*

27-8. Sonstalot . . Saint-Jost, ail prominent members of the Jacobin Club.

73.-7. le clnb de Troyes, one of the affiliated clubs that were formed over ail France.

11. Girondins, ' Girondists ' (who formed the moderate republican party).

11. Montagnards, members of the most radical republican party ; le Montagne, ' the Mountain ' (so called because it occupied the highest seats in the Convention).

13. Marat (1744-93), member of the Jacobin Club, and one of the most infamons characters of the Révolution.

15. Bobespierre (1721-94), like Marat, a Jacobin, and second only to him in cruelty.