Sont prise»' — Are frozen

138. Quatre à quatre — In great haste, that is, four steps at a time.

Je me moquais lien de — Little did I care for ; bien is added merely to give more force to moquais.

142. De voir les choses en beau — To look upon things cheertuUv, or on the bright side of things.

143i La prodamution de BrunsuÂck. — The celebrated Manifesto of the Duke of Brunswick was issued the 25th of July, 1T9!. In this the Duke declared that the Emperorof Germany and the King of Prussia '• had no other aini than the happiness of France;" that they wished solely to set at liberty the king, the queen, and the royal family. But lie f urther added, that the members of the ÎSTational Assembly and other civil and military authorities were made responsible for ail that occurred under penalty of death. This insulting proclamation only increa.sed the popular irritation in France, and hastened the downfall of the king, soon followed by his exécution,