Un autre est simple, etc.. Corneille

Page 93. — i. le bachelier, in theology, who studies the first four centuries of the Christian era for f acts on church doctrines and laws.

Page 95. — i. masquez-vous? masquerades were greatly in fashion during the seventeenth century.

2. Si le monde, etc. ; this is an optimistic view of the future, unusual in an observer of manners, who is quite sure to become a pessimist.

Page 96. — i. six ou sept mille ans I see page 2, note i.

2. Les hommes, sur la conduite des grands, etc. ; this paragraph (dating from 1689) is a summary which the remainder of the chapter séparâtes into its parts. The event which gave rise to it was the expulsion of James II from England, by William of Orange.

142 NOTSS [P. 96-100

La Bruyère looked on the successf ul contestant both as an enemy of kings and of public morality.

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