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1. 9. Antoine Count Drouot (1774 — 1847), one of the finest characters of the Impérial epoch, sumkmed by Napoléon le Sage de la grande armée, remarkable equally for military qualities and prîvate virtues. His ftineral oration was pronounced by Father Lacordaire. He accepted and performed the difiicult task of disbanding the armée de la Loire, On him see an excellent article in the Biographie Universelle,

1. 13. Louis François Xavier (1755 — 1824), Monsieur, Count de Provence, brother of Louis XVI., ascended the French throne in 1814; a clever and enlightened king.

h 28. du Code civU qu^on osait remettre en cause, The Code civil or Code Napoléon was published in 1804.

qt^on osait, etc., which some persons dared to call in question; liter. to bring into judgment.

P. 61, 1. 21. U était {un) des moins sujets,..^ he was one of the Icast accessible to illusions.

1. 32. Cest une illusion que de chercher ^chercher une constitution.., est une illusion» De and qtu hère are redundant.

P. 62, 1. 2. qtùil eût pu.. .y eût-il consenti, for qu^.U aurait pu. ..y aurait-il consenti.

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