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Sentences — Maxims

Res derelicta est res p)uhlica, res vulgata. — This old Latin law maxim might be translated, What is abandoned is public, common property.

169. Ce qui finissait de m''abreuver d^amertume — What entirely overwheïmed me with grief ; the last two words mean, literally, steeped me in bitterness.

173. Tresses à rubans — Braids ornamented with ribbons. I am not perfectly sure of the correctness of this translation.

175. Jusqu'au fond des entrailles — To the depths of my heart, of my being.

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