relever, dignify, increase the effect of

Page 47. — 1. procureur-syndic, district attomey. 2. The Arsenal was, and still is, near the Bastille.

Page 50. — 1. bureau, table or desk.

2. Vergniaud was the leader of the Girondists. " With Guadet and Gensonné, he composed that triumvirate of talent, éloquence and opinion, afterwards termed the Gironde." {Lamartine.) He perished on the scaffold in 1793, aged 40 years.

Page 51. — 1. revenir sur elle-même, retrace its steps.

2. à moins d'ordres contraires, unless contrary orders were received.