Sont prises—Are frozen

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

Je me moquais bien 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 cheer fully, or on the bright side of things.

143, La proclumation de Brunswick.—The celebrated Manifesto of the Duke of Brunswick was issued the 25th of July, 1791. In this the Duke declared that the Emperor of Germany and the King of Prussia ‘had no other aim than the happiness of France;” that they wished solely to set at liberty the king, the queen, and the royal family. But he further added, that the members of the National Assembly and cther civil and military authorities were made responsible for all that occurred under penalty of death. This insulting proclamation only increased the popular irritation in France, and hastened the downfall of the king, soon followed by his execution.