Bienfaisance de Montesquieu

10 que after attendre, for jusqu'à ce que, until

14 en. ..le, instead of son, the antecedent being a thing, and not a

person. See III. § 32 (c)

15 va, with Infinitive = is about to. See II. Ex. 31

18 faire quelques tours, to take a few tm-ns, to row about 20 avoir l'air de, to look like

22 le, standing for a Noun or Adjective, one or so

jour, daylight. Jour is used in many derived meanings ; as, mettre au jour, to give birth to, to fut forth, to publish ; au grand jour, in broad daylight ; au petit jour, in the twilight ; les jours, life ; se faire jour, to cut one s way through, &c. [p. x. (i).

25 qu'inspire, inversion of Subject and Verb. See Introduction,

28 me (dat. ) croire, to attribtiteto me. Thus — je lui crois des talents, I believe him to be a man of great parts

32 je n'en ai qu'un, lit. / have only one of them. See I. Ex. 42, and II. § 28, 3

34 l'en tirer. See I. Ex. 42, and II. § 26

36 en charge pour, lading and bound for

38 en faire le choix. See 1. 14

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2 il 8'était épuisé, he had exhausted his means 5 en faire de même, to do the same

7 mettre à profit, to turn to ac(ottnt

les dimanches, &c., on Sundays (Ace. of time)

8 retranché. T he P. P. does not agree with the Refl. Pron. when

the latter is the indirect Obj. See II. Ex. 25 jusque, even, the very 10 je croyais aller prendre, / had first intended to go and take. A Verb completing a Verb of thinking, declaring, perceiving, is by preference put in the Infinitive ; thus — je crois devoir vous dire, I think I ought to tell you ; cf. II., Ex. 57

14 faire défendre à, to enjoin... not to

15 recevoir des nouvelles de, to hear from

23 changer de, to change ; en refers to nom

30 lui remet une bourse entre les mains; lui. ..les, instead of ses. See p. 12, 1. 3.

37 la somme dont elle avait besoin, the required sum, lit. the sum

of which they were in need

39 qui la surprend. A French Relat. clause is often best rendered in

English by a Près. Part. ; so here

Line

4 1 qu' on j uge, / leave you to guess

42 s'épuiser en, to be profits e in

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6 tenir immobile, to stj-ike dumb

10 empêcher de, to prevent fi-07>i ; en refers to the preceding clause

11 il faut six mille francs, six thousand fi-anc s are required

12 poursuivre, here to continue

13 il aura trouvé, he must have found. The Fut. Perf. is thus used

to express probahiHty, surmise, &c. Ste I. Ex. 19 and II. Ex. 1 1

14 qui l'auront aidé, ivho must have helped him. See above, \. 13 20 qu'il te fallait, which you required [wanted) ; lit. which it was

necessary to {for) thee 22 dussé-je mourir ! though I were to die / This is an instance of the

Subjunctive Mood used concessively. See II. Ex. 12. For

the inversion of Subj. and Verb, see III. 122, b, 5 22 ce n'est, and not il n'est, because the complement is a Pers.

Pron. See II. § 33, p. 65

35 avaient pu faire découvrir, could have led to. Notice the

Conjug. of pouvoir in the Cond. Past : j'aurais pu le faire, / could {might) have done ; ike.

36 se dérober à, to evade. For Verbs of "taking," " asking," Vk-hich

govern the Dative Case (Indir. Obj.), see II. Ex. 55

37 rencontre, &c. The Frtsent Tense instead of the Past, for the

sake of greater vividness (Historical Present)

40 tomber sans connaissance, to faint aioay

41 lui demander. For the u-e of lui, see 1. 36

42 ignorer, to he ignorant of, not to know, not to be aware of; whilst

the English " to ignore" = prétendre ignorer

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4. vous ne sauriez, you cannot possibly. Savoir in the Conditional is thus often used for the Present of pouvoir

5 je n'y suis que depuis, / have been here only... With depuis

and il y a, the Près, is used instead of the English Perf. ; thus : combien y a-t-il que vous êtes ici? hoiu long have you been here? Sec II. Ex. 8

6 il y a vingt-six mois, twenty-six months ago 9 faire une question, to put a qtiestion

10 lumières, f. pi., knoivledge, inteUigenee ;AormeTAes-, to enlighten 13 se refuser à, to decline, to reject

17 pour que je puisse vous méconnaître, yî'/' me to mistake you

18 de grâce, pray !

19 lui faisait une sorte de violence pour l'entraîner, almost

[as it were) dragi^ed him along by force 24 rappeler sa raison, to come to one s senses