rapprochements, ideas or conceits

736. Athalle, Racine's great tragedy, which was first given at Versailles in 1671. Voltaire' called it le chef-d'œuvre de Vesprit humain.

737. le siôcle royal, i.e., le 'siècle classique de Louis XIV, 743. Ariel . . . Caliban, characters in TTie Tempest.

753. Apocalypse, the Book of Bevelatioti generally attributed to the Apostle John, and noted for its vague and mystical, though often poetic character. Justification for Hugo's adjective,«»w«waçantey is not hard to find, and verse 17, chapter 6, may serve as a key-note for the whole : For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?