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he was too wise to refuse we had to submit to it to part with sg.

as soon as he had gone wait until he cornes back

with uncommon solicitude to make some one feel sg.

to refuse would be to offend them

to be cherished by the gods he gave himself up to sleep what présent did you give him?

I '11 tell him when he cornes we are very sorry for it she was quite surprised

may he never know it !

I should like him to accept

lay down your arms

they had taken possession of the

town he bestowed the crown upon him God forbid I should do so !

to shed a torrent of tears provided he consents to it they will do it ail the same after five days' journey I saw nothing that surprised me to farm an estate to bethink one's self of writing to carry on trade it is they who make it such that 's something singular we hâve been hère for a month he will arrive before we start to know sg. thoroughly if he cornes and I see him . .

how did you make them believe

it?

to congratulate some one upon

sghe is not in a fit state to do it may I see you again soon !

never was a man so unhappy !

he hardly ever went out [to me so many honours were a burden

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'21 a trial, altempt

the tower

an ornanient

a mosque

the buzz

inimnierable

22 to neglect

the birth

the niedicine

heated

a cloud

thin

23 the merit

giddy

a weight

the enniity

the quarrel

the hatred

24 the tuniult

a courtier

a trophy

a campaign

the poverty

to undress

25 a league {dist. )

a fool

a sword

to put into port

to despise

the crew

26 proud

a herald

a pike (luaipon)

the barbarian

the canopy

a slave

27 the mirth

a country-house

the politeness

so that

to undeceive

to beseech

28 to disentangle

a cook

to guess

ungrateful

the trust, con-

to praise

fidence

29 mankind

a hcarer

the contempt

the trench

a warrior

the wound

30 to breathe

a habit

the hero

a glance

to get narrow

the resource

31 the duty

the pride

to fold

the praise

to pierce

insipid

32 morose

an expense

to sprea<l

to compromise

a discourser

to enjoy one's

self

■■HRAHKH

what ground hâve you to com-

plain ?

I went away without his noticing

it to corne out froin under the water can you play chess ?

there is nobody who does not

know that what was the question about ?

however it may be Heaven préserve me from wish-

ing it !

to strike blows in the air he cannot niake himself obeyed to set much value uf)on sg.

more wealth than a prince can

hope for does he resemble the other two ?

1 wish you may get it were you not near the French

coast ?

in the shape of a triangle make everybody keep silent to live on nothing but brigandage I think I am much indebted to

him it is not vvorth while to try to talk with some one in prlvate I hâve been working for two

hours the more so as . .

he cannot make up his mind to it to make faces his kindness never fails to enjoy nothing but the past to make use of ail one's advan-

tages to succeed in doing sg.

at the moment when he arrived . .

the slightest things that hâve

happened to him to take an interest in sg.

a spring that never dries up what I prize most is . .

happy he who lives so t the latter was eighty years old

Pa!

je WORDS

WORDS

to suit

flame-coloured

a charm

the ridiculous-

a ribbon

ness the summit

the bet

beforehand

to wager

to draw back

the complexion

[inir) distressing

a partition

to évade

pell-mell

a star

a sally

to direct

the thread

to skirmish

to attract

the day before

the throat

a collection (i^ooyè)

to counterfeit

grievous

a witticism

the silliness, non-

to sow

sense the applause

a trade, profes-

a net

sion

to coax

a soothsayer

a toothpick

the disease

to grow young

the goût

again

the sadness

unbearable

graceful

to overwhelm

an edict

the whiteness

a stick

dazzling

the negro

to creep

the tomb

a flovver-bed

a compiler

the library

a rag, shred

a masterpiece

painful

free and easy

interesting

the bookseller

fatiguing

to swell

a law

an anibush

the law-courts

the affray, thick

a barrister

of the fight a problem

the doubt

to found

to catch

presently

to take refuge

an acquaintance

the haughtiness

to weary {i?itr)

to blow one's

an insuit

nose

to harden

to spit

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