d'épopées, etc., like those excited by epic poetry
24. — 3. attachât, subjunctive with souffert, 4. dont les cornes, etc., the ends of which stuck out behind, 15. fête de PEmpereur, anniversary of the day on which he was baptized ; not birthday, for he was bom April 20, 1808.
19. brillant de mirror, mirror-Uke brightness, polish. — un reflet de neuf, a polis h as if they were new.
21. Rien n'était beau à voir comme, nothing finer could be seen than,