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81. nn oi-derant. This was siuii, duriiig the flrst révolution in France, of a noble attached to the former régime {ie. ' old order ot' things ') by his position. See note 15 a, p. ItU.

22. doMier, 'bundie of administrative papers.* Dattier, in this sensé, says M. Littié, bas been de rivnl from dot, beoause tlie papers form a raised pnrcel, wliirh Ijas been compared to a back.