disgrâce, annoyance

5. temps I Ô mœurs I o temporal o mores Î From Cicero^s first oration against Catiline.

6. qu'on ne . . . moi, that would not fail to be done in spite of me,

7. en semblables occasioos, modem usage requires en de sem» blables occasions,

8. Epitre dédicatoixe. Molière's native frankness and independence could not resist a fling at the common practice of securing the protection of a distinguished patron, although he sometimes did so himself. — 9. efficace, in sense of efficacité,

I a Docteur, Capitan, Trivelin, well-known peisonages of the old Italian comedy. The Docteur is the pedant; the Capitan, the miles gloriosus; Trivelin, a coarse form of the Harlequin, representing any class in society, and always ridicylous.

Pagre 4. — I. La Grange, Du Croisy, members of Molière's troupe, who gave their names to their rôles.

2. Madelon, formerly written Magdelon, an abbreviated form of Magdalena, " Madeleine."