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Pagi^ltnei^ — Tranchant du généreux'. . • , Setting up for ,a gênerons man ; expression belonging to the colloquial style. Trancher des was also used formerly :

Ils veulent vous iroMchtr des nobles et quitter la Tooitioa de leurs pères.** (Sorel, ** Françion.")

54 15— Pour ne pas Té venter, not to find it out. The verb

ézfenter is often employed in connection with the subst. minet in the sensé of discovering where the mine has been made, and preventing lis elTect.

55 I— Que vous vous gênez. .... howmuch you injure

yourself. . . . Gêne, gêner^ (L. gehenna) are words which, like ennui and déplaisir^ hâve lost much of their original force.

56 I— M'iroit calomnier de quelque intelligence, instead

of m* irait accuser calomnieusement de^ etc.

5Ô 9 — C'est à faire à céder I shall hâve to yield»

, it will be my business to yield. This is an archaïsm.

of which M. Godefroy gives many instances.

Thus :—

•* Cest à /air* aux sages de baisser la tête.**. . .

(Guy Patin, vol. I.>