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ne se fl6trit point. The reflexive for the passive

3. les maladies de l’autre. After finishing the campaign of 1675, Conde retired to Chantilly on account of his bodily infirmities. Still the French armies continued to be successful for another decade.

4. glorieuses. Bossuet really felt what he says of Louis XIV. Cf. the Oration on Madame, page 136, lines 16-17, and below, pages 186-187.

Page 182 . — 1. de ses doigts. Psalm viii, 3.

2. Pantique, antiquity . Conde had been thoroughly educated and was especially interested in theology.

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