il s'en faut bien : cf

/■/ s'en faut de beaucoup qu'il soit riche, ' he is far from being rich. ' 66. 7. 11 suit : we should now rather say il s'ensuit.

1 1. une vie plus dvire, for la vie la plus dure. This use of a comparative instead of a superlative, comnion enough in the seventeenth century, is seldom met with in the eighteenth.

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65. 13. relâche (»«.), ' intermission,' 'respite,' ' relaxation,' (jf^^a/.)

' no performance ' ; (/. ), ' putting into port, ' ' harbour. '

21. passe : the verb agrées with the last subject only, when the subjects, not connected by any conjunction, are looked upon as synonymous or nearly so ; e.g. — sa douceur, son amabilité nous surprit tous.